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Published September 21September 22 Alachua County Commission Regular Meeting
The Alachua County Commission will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 11:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.
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Published September 21Jail Booking Log, September 20
Jail booking log for September 20, 2026
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Published September 20Poem: The Town That Stayed Young
Tsianina Shaw writes about growing old in a college town
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Published September 20The Frazer School chess team wins 2026 U.S. Amateur Team playoffs
The Frazer School’s chess team won the 2026 U.S. Amateur Team playoffs
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Published September 20Homeless man arrested for stealing to-go orders from fast food restaurant
Robert Allen Futch, 58, has been arrested for allegedly stealing to-go orders from the Raising Cane's on SW Archer Road.
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Published September 20High Springs man charged with molesting young girl
Kyle Durant Kirby, 31, has been charged with lewd or lascivious molestation of a child under 16 years of age.
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Published September 20Jail Booking Log, September 19
Jail booking log for September 19, 2026
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Published September 20American Nephrology Nurses Association donates funds and provides information about kidney disease at GRACE Marketplace
Today, GRACE Marketplace received a donation from the American Nephrology Nurses Association, North Central Florida Chapter 209. The check is part of the association’s “Feed Your Kidneys” program, designed to improve the diet of patients with kidney disease.
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Published September 19Man arrested for threatening to shoot girlfriend
Rashad Breon Jones, 20, was arrested yesterday for allegedly battering and threatening to shoot his girlfriend.
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Published September 19Mississippi man arrested for camping inside closed school
Devon M. Hicks, 22, of Olive Branch, Mississippi, was arrested yesterday for camping in a portable classroom at Stephen Foster Elementary, which is no longer being used as a school but is still owned by Alachua County Public Schools.
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Published September 1919-year-old on probation charged with possession of pistol and ammunition by a gang-related felon
Jamarion Dashaun Johnson, 19, was arrested yesterday for possession of firearms and ammunition by a gang-related delinquent.
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Published September 19‘We still, as a rule, don’t ask about immigration status’: City responds to demands to rescind General Order regarding ‘suspected unauthorized aliens’
At a September 17 meeting, 19 people asked the Gainesville City Commission to rescind General Order 82.4, which requires officers to report contact with "suspected unauthorized aliens" to FDLE, and they were told that the rule is required by FDLE, but GPD will not be asking…