Archer News

Published: Monday, June 22, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 22, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. A man and woman escaped a house fire without injury early Monday after being wakened by their smoke detector.

The road will be totally closed at the railroad crossing just west of U.S. 27/41 in the town of Archer beginning at 5 a.m on Tuesday and ending by 5 p.m. on Friday to replace the railroad crossing.

State Road 24 in Archer to close next week for railroad crossing repair Traffic affected Tuesday through Friday Southwest Archer Road in the town of Archer will be closed for four days next week while the railroad crossing just west of U.S. 27/41 is rebuilt, according to the Florida Department of Transportation .

Published: Friday, June 19, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 10:32 p.m. The Alachua County School District received an "A" for the third straight year when the Florida Department of Education released school grades Thursday, but the district also had two elementary schools receive a score of "F" and three high schools a ...

A rural Barneveld man was convicted June 5 in federal court in Gainesville, Fla., of attempting to dispose of assets involved in a forfeiture proceeding.

David Levy Yulee was a U.S. senator who brought the railroad to Alachua County 150 years ago, and the late Bo Diddley was a Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame member and Archer resident.

Franco issued a statement saying he canceled his Friday appearance because of conflicts with preproduction demands for his next film.

The family of rock 'n' roll legend and former Florida resident Bo Diddley plans to unveil his tombstone.

Archer, FL, population 1302, celebrates people! David Yulee, was an imaginative entrepreneur, wily politician, brilliant orator, and man of great charm and charisma.

Officials in Gainesville have renamed the city's downtown plaza after rock 'n' roll legend and former Florida resident Bo Diddley.

Bo Diddley is gone. But his beat goes on. May 29, 2009 02:20 PM Mention Bo Diddley's name and most everyone thinks one thing - the beat.

Bo is gone. But his beat goes on. It's been a year since Bo Diddley died of heart failure at age 79 in his home in Archer, Fla., after a prolonged illness.

POLICE BEAT Archer man charged with manslaughter An Archer man was arrested Tuesday and charged with negligent manslaughter in connection with a fatal traffic crash a year ago in Bradford County.

Published: Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 11:26 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 11:26 a.m. The state on Thursday released FCAT writing scores.

Solving a cold case murder investigation can be compared to working a puzzle. A multitude of pieces must come together to form one big picture.

Published: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, April 20, 2009 at 9:34 p.m. James Howard Warren Jr., 80, of Hendersonville and Archer, Fla., passed away on Saturday, April 18, 2009, at the North Florida Rehabilitation Center in Gainesville, Fla., following a long illness.

Published: Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 12:32 a.m. More details have been released about Tuesday's tanker truck roll-over outside Archer that slowed traffic for hours.

Tallahassee, Florida E. Bryan Wilson, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida announced that TIMOTHY ROBERT TREFFINGER , of Archer, Florida was sentenced to 43 years in federal prison for the possession of firearms and destructive devices in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense and possession of an unregistered ...

Firefighters with Alachua County Fire Rescue prepare a Chevron truck containing 800 gallons of oil as University Towing workers try to turn over a Chevron truck that flipped over along SW Archer Rd.

Photographic artist Bob Senesac will return to the Old Florida Celebration of the Arts for the second time to display one of a kind monoprint images.