Saturday, April 11, celebrity musicians Earl Sweatshirt and the Alchemist, along with dozens of other artists throughout the weekend, performed for the Big Culture and Arts Festival.
The two primary headliners appeared to
On January 23, 2026, Lonnie Joe Ward, 49, entered a no contest plea agreement for a misdemeanor battery charge and was sentenced to one year of probation.
Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies
Between August 2025 and April 2026, Michael Scott Brannon, 40, was sentenced in a number of misdemeanor domestic abuse cases spanning Alachua and Duval Counties.
Case 1:
On March 1, 2025, Alachua County
On March 25, 2026, Xzavier Taylor Hawkins, 21, was sentenced to 12 years in prison with a ten-year minimum mandatory following a no contest plea and conviction of attempted second-degree murder.
Hawkins faced
On March 12, 2026, 19-year-old Malachi Ahmad Rosario was sentenced to 15 years in prison with a ten year minimum mandatory following a no contest plea and conviction of attempted second-degree murder.
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