ALACHUA COUNTY

Florida is getting its second Safe Haven Baby Box, a a last resort option for women who want to anonymously surrender newborns.

Deputies were surprised when they found out the driver was a 10-year-old boy, according to the sheriff's office.

One person was killed and another seriously injured in a crash that had Interstate 75 closed near the Marion and Alachua county line on Saturday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Many of the stores with modified hours are in locations that are expected to be impacted by Idalia as it passes through the state, such as near Tampa, Alachua County and Marion County.

An overturned tractor-trailer closed both directions of Interstate 75, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

An 86-year-old woman is recovering in the hospital after being viciously attacked Friday by two dogs in her Hawthorne neighborhood.

A man was arrested on DUI charges Saturday after crashing a semitruck full of frozen food on Interstate 75, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A first grader accidentally brought a backpack with a loaded gun to school Wednesday, according to the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office.

The report shows Florida’s best waterfall is only hours outside Central Florida at Devil’s Millhopper Geological State Park.

The Florida High School Athletic Association is set to hold an emergency meeting on Thursday to discuss a proposed rule that would require high school girls to disclose information about their menstrual cycle, according to the organization.

Crash occurred at I-75 northbound exit ramp at mile marker 384.

"It’s a sad, tragic event for all the people involved," Napier said.

A man accused of secretly recording women on the University of Florida campus was sentenced in Alachua County on Sept. 8.

A Florida man who stole a box truck in Hillsborough County Tuesday morning managed to reach Alachua County before he was caught on camera, investigators said.

Alachua County deputies responded to a call about a deer stuck in a fence, according to a video posted to the Alachua County Sheriff’s Facebook page.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to hold a news briefing Wednesday at a restaurant near Gainesville.

A 52-year-old man was arrested in Orange County for multiple crimes including impersonating a law enforcement officer.

A Florida school superintendent who defied Gov. Ron DeSantis on pandemic masks for students has been fired by the local school board.

LaVon Bracy and Ingrid Burton Nathan talk about their experiences with racism and hate in the face of desegregating Florida schools.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday announced an $89 million investment in career and technical education to support workforce training initiatives at state colleges and school districts statewide.

An appeals court Friday signaled it thinks school officials in Alachua and Duval counties have violated state law by requiring students to wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic and ordered lower courts to quickly take up the issue.

President Joe Biden’s administration on Monday warned top Florida education officials to “reconsider your threatened actions” after the state said it would try to thwart attempts to use federal money to cover salaries of county school-board members who approved student mask requirements.

The U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday that it has provided nearly $150,000 to the Alachua County School Board to cover a state penalty targeting board members’ salaries.

DeSantis and other Republicans slammed Biden’s vaccine mandate requiring employers with more than 100 workers to require vaccines.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference in Alachua County.

The board, during an emergency meeting, voted to direct state Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran to “investigate” the actions of Alachua County and Broward County school officials.

Despite a Florida executive order banning mask mandates in schools, one Florida school district is moving forward with mask requirements.

Five people were shot, one fatally, in a drive-by in Gainesville, police say.

A 12-year-old was shot multiple times in Alachua County, deputies say.

Authorities were able to recover the vehicle the man accused of shooting a Daytona Beach police officer was last seen in when he fled the scene, according to the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office.

The remains of a missing 13-year-old Florida girl have been found during a search earlier this week, according to the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office.

Two arrests have been made in a missing persons case in Florida.

A Marion County teacher was one of three people arrested in connection with a murder in Alachua County on Monday, according to the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office.

Authorities search for a missing 13-year-old Florida.

ORLANDO, Fla. – As News 6 celebrates Black History Month, a local woman who’s been a trailblazer her entire life is speaking out about the history that’s now happening right before our eyes. LaVon Bracy endured relentless attacks as one of the first African Americans to integrate Florida schools. As the first and only African American to graduate from Gainesville High School in Alachua County in 1965, the threats against her life were real. “Every day that I would go to school, I would find dead rats, roaches and snakes under my seat,” Bracy said. I really thought that would be the last day I would be on the earth,” Bracy said.

ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. – Alachua County Fire Rescue and the High Springs Fire Department responded to a dog stuck in a sinkhole in a yard, according to investigators. Animal Rescue 9-14-20 This morning Alachua County Fire Rescue and High Springs Fire Department responded to a report of a dog stuck in a sink hole that recently opened up in his families back yard. ACFR's Technical Rescue team, High Springs Fire, and the ACFR UAS Drone team arrived on scene to find a golden retriever named Sammy trapped about 35 - 40 feet down the sinkhole. This is the second sinkhole rescue ACFR and HSFD have preformed in the last few days. #MYACFR High Springs Fire Department Video credit - ACFR UAS Posted by Alachua County Fire Rescue on Monday, September 14, 2020Lieutenant Brian Ferguson used ladders and rope equipment to rescue the dog from the sinkhole, according to investigatorsThe dog was rescued without injury, according to fire crews.