A 19-year-old with an over-year-old felony case for a count of battery on a public education employee, Arneeke Leon Williams, is now facing more charges for possessing cannabis and
Friday morning, Alachua County residents gathered for a funeral to commemorate Roberta “Betty” Campbell Lopez, who passed away on February 11.
In 2006, Lopez became the first Black woman to become a commissioner
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A longtime Black civil rights activist, Rosa B. Williams, passed away at 93 on Thursday.
Williams was born in 1933 to Katherine Baker and Lucius Williams.
According to a 2013 Gainesville Sun article,
