ICE facility proposed south of Starke

BY MARK J. CRAWFORD [email protected] Bradford County commissioners voted Thursday night to move forward with a proposal to turn the Douglas Building into an ICE detention facility, temporarily housing thousands of immigrants awaiting further adjudication or deportation. Several citizens spoke against the proposal, not just in opposition to the treatment of the immigrant population and … Read more

Celebrating Florida’s literary past—and its future—at the 2026 Sunshine State Book Festival

The Writers Alliance of Gainesville is “Bringing Readers and Writers Together” at the seventh annual Sunshine State Book Festival. The festival will be held on Saturday, Jan. 24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall in Gainesville. One hundred authors will participate in the Author Expo, meeting readers … Read more