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Florida Gators Football Team Celebrating Tom Petty Day on October 5 with Special Merch, Music, and More
For the third consecutive year, the University of Florida’s football team, the Gators, will celebrate the late Tom Petty with his own day. The 2024 edition of Tom Petty Day will take place this Saturday, October 5, during the Gators’ home game in Gainesville, Florida, against the University of Central Florida.
New GPD chief's department changes include higher starting pay, longer shifts
Changes being implemented at the Gainesville Police Department were shared Wednesday with members of the Black on Black Crime Task Force. Those changes include officers going from working 10-hour shifts to 12-hour shifts and increasing starting pay for new officers to $60,000 a year, according to information provided to The Sun via text message by Darry Lloyd, moderator and vice president of the task force and chief investigator and spokesperson for the Eighth Judicial Circuit’s State Attorney’s...
Gators' Edge Rusher Has Caught Napier’s Attention Amid Return from Injury
Florida Gators' edge rusher Jack Pyburn's recovery from an ACL tear less than a year ago was seen by many as a miraculously fast recovery, and now he's fighting for reps on the struggling defense.
City of Gainesville: Tarps available Friday – Monday, yard waste update
Tarps will be distributed at the former RTS administration/maintenance facility south of Depot Park, Friday-Monday (see article for times) The post City of Gainesville: Tarps available Friday – Monday, yard waste update appeared first on Alachua Chronicle.
25th Annual Livestock & Forages Field Day to be held Oct. 29
The North Florida Livestock Agents Group is hosting the 25th Annual Livestock & Forages Field Day on Oct. 29 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Santa Fe River Ranch The post 25th Annual Livestock & Forages Field Day to be held Oct. 29 appeared first on Alachua Chronicle.
UF commits in action on Friday night
The Florida Gators have several of their commits hitting the field for the regular season this week. Here is the schedule for UF's 2025 and 2026 commits. - 4-star WR Vernell Brown III - Orlando (Fla.) Jones sits at a perfect 6-0 on the season to date. They are off this week.
Eastside High School earns highest level award for Advanced Placement program; other local schools earn AP recognition
The College Board has announced that Eastside High School has been named to the 2024 Platinum AP Honor Roll. The post Eastside High School earns highest level award for Advanced Placement program; other local schools earn AP recognition appeared first on Alachua Chronicle.
4 college football coaches who need to win in Week 6 to avoid the hot seat
We’re now more than a month into the 2024-25 college football season, and that means that preseason prognostication has mostly now been thrown out the window in favor of cold, hard data. And with the calendar turning to October, we begin to approach the time in which programs are...
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