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Alachua Chronicle
Published September 27Local 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.
Palatka Daily News
Published 7 hours agoPrep roundup: Rams rally in final two sets to stop Blue Wave
The Interlachen Junior-Senior High School volleyball team came from behind to win the fourth and fifth sets and take down visiting Gainesville P.K. Yonge Monday night, 25-21, 21-25, 10-25, 25-22, 15-12. Leading the Rams in the victory over the Blue Wave were Camryn Link with 11…
Alachua Chronicle
Published 14 hours agoWinn-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.
Alachua Chronicle
Published 16 hours agoGRU 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…
Palatka Daily News
Published 7 hours agoGrid Talk: Turning Back Rebels
GAINESVILLE – The Florida Gators heard footsteps behind them on the Spurrier Field turf Saturday. Every time they scored, the Ole Miss Rebels scored. But the Gators did something different. Instead of running away and trying to make the finish line first, they turned around and…
Ole Miss Football Week 4 report card
The No. 9 Ole Miss Rebels suffered their first loss of the season to the No. 8 Florida Gators, 52-28, in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Fla., on Sept. 26. This loss exposed many areas of the Ole Miss team which need improvement. Here are some grades for Ole Miss’ Week 4…
Has the 2026 Ole Miss Rebels Football team met expectations?
Ole Miss Football completed its first month of the 2026 season with a 52-28 loss in Gainesville, Fla., last weekend, knocking the Rebels to 3-1 overall and 1-1 in SEC play. Expectations were abnormally high for first-year head coach Pete Golding. While he is one of six first-year…
Alachua Chronicle
Published 13 hours agoTurkey Creek observation platform and trail dedication ceremony
Alachua County invites the public to celebrate the opening of a new wildlife observation platform and the dedication of the Blue Trail at Turkey Creek Preserve on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026. The ceremony begins at 9 a.m.
Alachua Chronicle
Published 13 hours agoGPD Detective arrested by the FBI
Gainesville Police Department Detective Kelvin Mattair has been arrested by the FBI, according to a GPD spokesman.
Alachua Chronicle
Published 14 hours agoHomeless man arrested for indecent exposure
George Thomas White, 47, was arrested yesterday for allegedly exposing himself behind a Midtown business.
Alachua Chronicle
Published 14 hours agoHomeless 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…
Alachua Chronicle
Published 16 hours agoCity 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…