Gainesville FL

When Bob Tancig thinks about climate change in Gainesville, he thinks about azaleas. The small pink flowers traditionally bloom from February to April, when temperatures start to increase after chilly North Florida winters. But Tancig has started spotting them as early as December. He’s heard some people call the...

Firefighters battled a 2-acre brush fire that broke out behind the parking garages at Celebration Pointe in Gainesville on Thursday evening. According to an Alachua County Fire Rescue (ACFR) release, crews from ACFR and the Gainesville Fire Rescue responded just after 8 p.m. to find the blaze in the woods behind the...

The new gallery, located at 25439 W. Newberry Rd, is moving next door, while the other spot will turn into office space.

ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. — A 40-year-old woman from Hawthorne was killed, while a 18-year-old man from Interlachen was critically injured in a head-on crash between the two in Alachua County early Saturday, according to Florida Highway Patrol. The crash reportedly happened just after midnight around 12:20 a.m. on County...

A grand jury indicted a man on Friday, accused of killing a 3-year-old girl and abusing other children in Citra last month.

Shaina Lynn Rentz, 39, was arrested yesterday for shoplifting; she is on probation out of Marion County and was listed as a fugitive by the Florida Department of Corrections after she failed to appear at two hearings for violating probation. The post Fugitive arrested for shoplifting, said Xanax made her steal...

Michael Leland Akins, 48, was arrested yesterday after allegedly entering a home uninvited and hitting two women with a sharp metal object. The post Newberry man arrested on burglary and battery charges appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

A Marion County nurse was arrested for grand theft after she was allegedly caught on video stealing a patient’s oxycodone while on duty. On Thursday, March 19, a Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to The Refuge located at 14835 SE 85th Street in Ocklawaha in reference to the theft of a controlled...

FLORIDA — A worsening drought situation is tightening its grip across the state, with new projections showing that many areas would need between 14 to 19 inches of rainfall over the next month just to eliminate current deficits. Despite some rain chances appearing in the short-term forecast, the overall...

Marion County Sheriff’s deputies say Michael Sumpter was arrested for illegally dumping more than 44,000 pounds of concrete in Citra.