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A Gainesville man was arrested Thursday after police say he tried to snatch a backpack from a car, which led to a struggle with backpack's owner.

The southbound section of Interstate 75 that runs by mile marker 382 is blocked as of 11 a.m., after an accident involving a milk-carrying semi-truck that overturned, Alachua County sheriff's deputies say.

Before he died Sunday night, 16-year-old Robert Dentmond sent text messages implying suicidal thoughts.

The Alachua County Extension office has announced its environmental and horticulture programs for April.

The St. Johns River Water Management District is closing the north tract of its Newnans Lake Conservation Area from Friday through Sunday for a turkey hunt for veterans from World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

Alachua County government needs applicants for the City of Gainesville/Alachua County Empowerment Center Oversight Advisory Board.

A push-up contest became a roaring tag-team competition last year. Together, kids huddled over math workbooks, cheered each other in basketball games and participated in competitions ranging from short film to Quran recitation.

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Earlier this month, Joy Drawdy went to a yard sale looking to buy blankets for the kittens in her rescue program and walked away with a Salvador Dali print worth between $3,000 and $5,000.

For 40 years, Planned Parenthood has operated out of a red brick building on Northwest 13th Street in Gainesville.