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Vol. 1 · No. 140 · Thursday, November 5, 2026
Sports
Starting defensive tackle Jeramiah McCloud has been suspended for Florida’s Week 10 matchup against Oklahoma, according to the Gainesville Sun. The Alligator also reported that wide receiver Vernell Brown III leads a list of additional players with availability designations heading into the game.
Sources: The Gainesville Sun · The Independent Florida Alligator
Sports
The Florida Gators men’s basketball team won their season opener against Miami and are preparing for a Thursday evening matchup against Jacksonville. The Alligator reports the team is focused on building momentum from that opening victory. Meanwhile, the Gainesville Sun previews Florida football’s upcoming game against Oklahoma, spotlighting key players and the depth chart.
Sources: The Gainesville Sun · The Independent Florida Alligator
Environment
Recent University of Florida graduate Nicholas Chin has created a framework using machine learning to identify the environmental factors associated with the initiation, growth, and termination of red tide blooms along Florida’s southwest coast. The study, accepted for publication in the journal Harmful Algae, analyzed more than 20 years of data and identified seven distinct bloom states in the Charlotte Harbor region. Researchers say the tool could sharpen bloom forecasting and guide water-management decisions, particularly around controlling nutrient runoff from land.
Sources: UF News
City
Fort White town council members voted 3-1 to censure Mayor George Thomas and petitioned Governor Ron DeSantis to investigate and remove him from office. Council members cited Thomas’s absence from meetings since summer and his refusal to grant the town clerk access to municipal financial accounts. Two of the council members who supported the action — Lonnie Harrell and Kathryn Terry — are leaving office, one by choice and one after losing re-election.
Sources: WCJB TV20
Construction crews have begun the second phase of a regional wastewater project in western Alachua County, pouring concrete and installing rebar for a major lift station. Phase one, which tied Archer’s system into Newberry’s new treatment facility, is already finished. The current phase is expected to take roughly two and a half years to complete, with Archer’s mayor emphasizing transparency with residents throughout the process.
Sources: WCJB TV20
In Brief
The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office is asking potential victims to come forward after investigators say Cornelius Davis Jr., 29, spent up to eight years posing as two different women on social media to coerce sexually explicit images and money from young African American males between the ages of 12 and 20. Davis allegedly used fabricated excuses, such as claiming his camera was broken, to avoid live video calls that would have revealed his identity.
Sources: WCJB TV20
Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies attempted to stop 23-year-old Jonah Godbolt on Southwest 132nd Avenue after detecting the smell of marijuana, but he sped away and evaded them. About 45 minutes later, Godbolt called in a report of an armed carjacking in the same area, claiming three people stole his car at gunpoint — a story deputies say unraveled when the same officer who had tried to pull him over recognized him at the scene, still smelling of marijuana and covered in leaves and plant burrs.
Sources: WCJB TV20
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Gov. DeSantis announced more than $10 million in state grants to help Florida homeowners replace or upgrade septic systems, aiming to reduce nutrient pollution reaching rivers, springs, and groundwater. However, industry professionals are raising concerns that some of the grant money may fund biofilter technologies that have undergone little real-world testing and may not perform as intended.
Sources: WUFT News
In Brief
Republican Byron Donalds has won the Florida gubernatorial election, defeating Democrat David Jolly by just over one percentage point. The narrow margin marks Donalds as Florida’s next governor.
Sources: The Independent Florida Alligator
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