Alachua News

Published: Monday, November 16, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 16, 2009 at 12:22 a.m. While the goal of Gainesville's $24 million Sheetflow Restoration Project is to clean up the polluted Alachua Sink, the added amenity of opening up another gateway to Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park has nature enthusiasts excited.

Technology developed by a Santa Fe College graduate and his European road rally enthusiast friend is now being used to teach Alachua County deputies how to deal with high speed chase scenarios.

Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. The annual Veterans Day program, which featured 81 local veterans as guests, went off without a hitch Tuesday at Alachua Elementary School, except for a strong wind that threatened to topple a large American flag on the stage.

Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 12:50 a.m. A newly formed group is holding an event today at 5 p.m. for people to speak out against what they perceive is police brutality.

Published: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 4:13 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 4:13 p.m. Alachua County students will begin receiving the H1N1 vaccine next week as part of the countywide immunization effort.

Some men and women are claiming police brutality led to a Gainesville police officer being kicked, punched and beaten earlier this month after he used a Taser on someone at a block party that got out of hand.

Published: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 10:27 p.m. At first glance, it may have looked like students at Alachua Elementary were just having fun outside the classroom Friday.

TOTAL Alachua - 129 - $648 - $83,579 Columbia - 23 - $2,038 - $46,872 Union - 11 - $379 - $4,172 Bradford - 6 - NA - NA Clay - 42 - $1,246 - $52,349 Putnam - 34 - $717 - $24,363 Marion - 128 - $2,630 - $336,641 Levy - 14 - $452 - $6,328 Gilchrist - 4 Dixie - 4 Lafayette - 1 Suwannee - 11 - $2,978 - $29,784 Average and sum reported only for counties ...

With the start of Eastern Standard Time this Sunday, once-a-week lawn watering will be mandated for most of Alachua County.

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 7:45 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 7:45 a.m. About 1,500 Alachua County homeowners will soon be getting a letter from a company hired to determine view wildfire risks.

Government leaders from Citrus and six nearby counties began meeting this week with garbage on their minds.

Six months of planning and drug buys went up like a puff of smoke on Friday when more than 40 officers from seven state and federal agencies raided three homes in Chiefland.

Deputies are stressing the importance of child safety after a 13-year-old girl was approached at a bus stop.

Published: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 6:41 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 6:41 p.m. The staff is busy packing boxes.

Published: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 11:12 p.m. It was not quite a scene out of the television mob show "The Sopranos," but the commissioners from Alachua County and High Springs had a sit down Monday night to try to reach agreement on two long-running disputes.

Published: Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 12:42 a.m. The Friends of the Library kicks off its semi-annual book sale Saturday, offering over 300,000 books and other donated items at bargain prices.

Hay farmers checked out the latest technology and equipment to harvest their crop at this year's Expo.

According to an Institute of Medicine report, school lunch standards are lacking....... because schools aren't restricting the number of calories in cafeteria food.

Alachua County Public Schools are on top of the state for Advance Placement scores.

Published: Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 11:34 p.m. Sixteen attorneys primarily from North Central Florida have applied to fill two judicial vacancies in the 8th Circuit.