News across Greater Gainesville

Local organization hosts forum on Amendment 3
The forum on Amendment 3 will be held on Sunday, September 27, at 4 PM at the D.R. Williams Fellowship Hall, located at 618 NW 6th Street in Gainesville.
Winn-Dixie’s new Alachua store will open on Saturday, Oct. 3
Winn-Dixie will open a new store in Alachua on Saturday, Oct. 3. The first 100 customers in line when the doors open at 8 a.m. will receive a Winn-Dixie mystery gift card valued between $10 and $100, and prizes will be raffled each hour.
GRU reduces fuel adjustment charges
GRU is reducing its electric fuel adjustment from 50 to 45 mills and its purchased gas adjustment from 35 to 32 cents per therm beginning Tuesday, Sept. 29. GRU is reducing its electric fuel adjustment from 50 to 45 mills and its purchased gas adjustment from 35 to 32 cents per…

Homeless man on probation arrested for threatening woman with a switchblade; also allegedly broke RTS bus window and kicked and spat on police officers
Keith Brian Thomas, 47, was arrested yesterday for allegedly choking a woman and threatening her with a switchblade; he is also facing sworn complaints for breaking an RTS bus window, along with knocking a passerby off a scooter and then battering two police officers. The post…
City of Archer completes major wastewater force main, on time and within budget
The City of Archer is celebrating the successful completion of Phase 1 of its wastewater interconnect project, a major public-infrastructure accomplishment that connects Archer's wastewater system with the City of Newberry's system and demonstrates the City's growing capacity to…

Upcoming meetings for the City of Gainesville
City of Gainesville meetings for the week of Sept. 28 - Oct. 4, 2026
September 30 Special School Board meeting to approve collective bargaining contracts
The School Board of Alachua County will hold two special meetings on September 30: a meeting at 1:00 p.m. to approve the collective bargaining agreements, and a second meeting following the 1:00 meeting for a quasi-judicial hearing to consider the recommended order and exceptions…
Jail Booking Log, September 27
Jail booking log for September 27, 2026

Man on probation arrested for threatening to shoot juvenile
Davron Darelle Keith, 22, was arrested yesterday for allegedly threatening to shoot a juvenile and battering a woman.

Letter: The relationship between the news and civic engagement
Justice Nah, a senior at Eastside High School, argues that students should read news articles to become more informed about their community and consider how to solve the problems they see.

Archer woman arrested for domestic battery after two-hour standoff
Cynthia Lee Correll, 74, was arrested last night on domestic battery charges after a two-hour standoff with deputies.

Jail Booking Log, September 26
Jail booking log for September 26, 2026