I Am Country morning show host dies in head-on collision
Dec 3, 2024 · A Tuesday morning head-on collision on SW Williston Road claimed the life of I Am Country’s 106.9 FM morning show host Heather Jennings. According to a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) release, a 30-year-old Gainesville woman was driving a sedan southbound on State Road 121 (Williston Road) just south of SW Wacahoota Road when her vehicle crossed the center line and struck Jennings’ sedan ...
Newberry Community School submits charter application to state
Nov 27, 2024 · Decision expected Feb. 26. Glory Reitz is a Mainstreet Daily News reporter based in Gainesville. She earned a degree in communication with an emphasis in journalism and has served as editor-in-chief for two college newspapers.
Meet the Candidates 2024: State Senate District 9
Sep 30, 2024 · Dr. Sylvain Doré . Age: 58. Democratic Party . Occupation: Retired Professor of Anesthesiology, Neurology, Psychiatry, Pharmaceutics, and Neuroscience, Managing a small real estate business. Previous experience in elected office: N/A Public service other than elected office: 07/2017 to 06/2022 Elected Member, Advisory Council of Faculty.
With help, Archer begins to dig out of financial crisis
Nov 27, 2024 · Alltop stepped into the position after the Archer City Commission fired City Manager Charles Hammond during an emergency meeting on Sept. 19 for misconduct after a citizen with accounting expertise looked into the budget and pointed out unexplained planned increases to the millage rate, an unbalanced budget, unapproved cost of living pay increases to his own salary and a failure to advertise ...
Ex-Gainesville mayoral candidate arrested for murder in Tennessee
Dec 2, 2024 · In Gainesville, Rosenthal worked in technical support/customer service, living off NW 13th Street. He ran for mayor in 2022 in a crowded race and earned 236 votes.. According to AP News from a 2016 story, the Twelve Tribes was started in the early 1970s and has expanded over the world. The group has an estimated 2,000-3,000 members “who live a ‘tribal life’ in different geographical ...
ACSO identifies 2 suspects in The Palms of Archer homicide case
Nov 27, 2024 · Alachua County Sheriff's detectives identified Geremy Navarro (left) and Nathaniel Kendrick (center) for the June 5, 2022, drive-by shooting death of Zhané Sanders (right) at The Palms of Archer.
Helene inflicts ‘tremendous’ amount of tree damage in Gainesville
Sep 27, 2024 · Ward said at its peak, in the early morning hours, more than 61,000 local residents were without power. As of 10 a.m., Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) reported some 49,000 customers were still without power. “As soon as the winds died down enough to send the trucks out, they sent the trucks out,” Ward said.
Levy County shelter to close, needs dogs adopted
Nov 18, 2024 · Following an October report, the Levy County Animal Shelter will close to begin a strategic plan for the future of the department, and local residents and Florida partners have teamed up to rescue the dogs at the shelter in need of new homes.
North Florida schools announce closures ahead of Hurricane Helene
Sep 24, 2024 · Area schools to close for multiple days. C.J. Gish is the senior editor for Mainstreet Daily News. He is a Pacific Northwest transplant who grew up in Oregon and moved to Florida in 2018.
GRU completes mandated water service inventory for all residences
Oct 17, 2024 · Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) has finished an online inventory of all water service lines in its territory, listing the materials used to pipe drinking water into each residence and building.