Mickie Anderson
Gainesville.com
Gainesville, FL, United States
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Ralph Turlington, former Speaker of House, education commissioner, dies at 100
Ralph Turlington, who passed away at 100 years old on Wednesday, was known for helping usher in the Sunshine law and Florida's corporate income tax. → Read More
Spiraling COVID-19: 82 new Alachua County cases
The state health department reported 82 new Alachua County COVID-19 cases Thursday. → Read More
Alachua County’s May unemployment rate 8.8%
Alachua County was No. 48 among the state’s 67 counties in its unemployment rate, at 8.8% → Read More
Free Fridays leaves plaza, comes right into your home
Concert series, long based at Bo Diddley Plaza, has a new platform as coronavirus halts large gatherings. → Read More
Jax police seek boy with ties to Gainesville area
Law enforcement officials in the Jacksonville and Gainesville areas are looking for the public’s help to find an 11-year-old boy who’s gone missing.Keavon Washington, also known as Keavon Cue, was last seen before he ran away from home early Sunday. His biological relatives do not have custody. His guardians last saw him about 11 p.m. Saturday.Washington was last seen in the area of 1600 45th… → Read More
Want to help the class of COVID? Buy a yearbook
In this on-its-head school year, where there won’t be a spring filled with glittering proms and grad bashes, there will always be a yearbook to flip through — even decades later — to jar memories of goofy friends and bad hairstyles.Right?Even in normal years, there are plenty of hard-working, involved students whose families can’t fork over $65 or more, especially when the usual senior-year… → Read More
Updated: Alachua County COVID-19 cases, by ZIP Code
The state Department of Health’s COVID-19 database can list any county’s virus cases by ZIP Code.To delve into the numbers yourself, go to of Friday morning’s count, here’s where the numbers stood:32025: 032038: 032044: 032054: 032091: 032113: 032601: 2932603: Less than five32605: 1332606: Between five and nine32607: 2232608: 4232609: 1432610: Less than five32611: 032612: 032615: 1332616: Less… → Read More
Coronavirus in Alachua County morning update: 202 cases, no deaths
The state’s morning COVID-19 report showed Alachua County with 202 cases of the virus.Statewide, the Department of Health’s data showed cases increased by 3 percent from Thursday, with a new total of 24,119 confirmed tests.Deaths statewide went up just more than 2.5% Friday morning from Thursday’s last update, and now stand at 686.The state’s most recent 18 deaths from the virus were in Brevard,… → Read More
Coronavirus in Alachua County: 199 cases, no deaths
Alachua County’s COVID-19 count is now hovering just under 200 cases, at 199. The numbers here, like those around the state, climbed slightly higher → Read More
Alachua County COVID-19 cases, by ZIP Code
The state Department of Health’s COVID-19 database can list any county’s virus cases by ZIP Code.To delve into the numbers yourself, go to of Tuesday mid-morning count, here’s where the numbers stood:32025: zero32038: zero32044: zero32054: zero32091: zero32113: zero32601: 2732603: less than five32605: 1332606: between five and nine32607: 2132608: 4032609: 1432610: less than five32611: zero32612:… → Read More
Survival expert: Weren’t prepared for virus? Here’s how to be
If the sight of ravaged grocery shelves makes you start to freak out ever so slightly —and if we’re honest, isn’t that true for all of us? — please meet Steven Claytor.Claytor goes by the handle "Survival Steve," trained in survival techniques with Discovery Channel’s "Dual Survivor" host and spends most weekends teaching regular folk to survive in nature.The 38-year-old grew up in Marion… → Read More
Survival expert: Weren’t prepared for virus? Here’s how to be
If the sight of ravaged grocery shelves makes you start to freak out ever so slightly —and if we’re honest, isn’t that true for all of us? — please meet Steven Claytor.Claytor goes by the handle “Survival Steve,” trained in survival techniques with Discovery Channel’s “Dual Survivor” host and spends most weekends teaching regular folk to survive in nature.The 38-year-old grew up in Marion… → Read More
Debate roils over inmate release
For years, State Attorney Bill Cervone and Public Defender Stacy Scott have been cordial neighbors, working together from their respective sides of the → Read More
Former area priest under investigation by church
A priest who spent 11 years based in the Gainesville area is under investigation by the Catholic Church, after church officials say a credible allegation → Read More
Satsuma woman dies in crash
A 43-year-old Satsuma woman died in a one-car crash Saturday night, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.Mildren Bastian was killed about 10:43 p.m. → Read More
Alachua County morning COVID-19 cases now at 21
Alachua County now has 21 confirmed-positive COVID-19 cases, and local officials say there’s no question but that the cases are being transmitted through the community — not just by travelers.“We are assuming that we have community transmission,” an Alachua County government news release said Saturday. “At this point, whether it is travel-related or community transmitted is not pertinent as all… → Read More
Network pulls together to make meals happen
Having your spring break when the entire country is consumed with a virus is a pretty rotten proposition.But try enjoying spring break during a pandemic → Read More
FHP: Altamonte Springs man dies in I-75 crash
An Altamonte Springs man was killed and his passenger seriously injured in a crash on Interstate 75 early Tuesday.The Florida Highway Patrol reported that → Read More
Shooting downtown kills 1
A female victim died after a downtown shooting in the wee hours Friday, though Gainesville police offered few details.In social media posts Friday → Read More
UF bars travelers from virus-hotspot countries
Anyone who has been to one of five coronavirus-hotspot countries within the last 14 days — China, Japan, South Korea, Italy and Iran — is → Read More