Gainesville FL

During the event at Station 8 on March 12, neighbors will have the opportunity to help GFR firefighters push the new truck into the station bay. The post Gainesville to unveil new GFR ladder truck appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Organizers have moved the location of the funeral service for Gainesville civil rights advocate Rosa Williams. The service will now be held at the Abraham Lincoln Middle School auditorium in Gainesville on Saturday, March 14, beginning at 11 a.m. Williams died last month at the age...

Only three of the 14 counties in north-central Florida provide full access to obstetric care. Six have low access to care – meaning there are fewer than two hospitals offering obstetric care or birth centers per 10,000 births and fewer than 60 obstetric providers. The remaining five counties are maternity care...

A Gainesville judge on Monday handed 35-year-old Timothy Eugene Thomas two additional life sentences after he entered a nolo contendere plea in the 2010 killing of 16-year-old Sebastian Ochsenius. The new punishment stacks on top of life terms Thomas is already serving for violent crimes in other parts of Florida.

Hal Bernard Black Jr., 31, was arrested early this morning for allegedly displaying a firearm and two other weapons offenses. The post Man on federal probation arrested for displaying firearm appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

Gainesville-Alachua County Regional Airport Authority selected Ferdinand Paul Mehrlich as the new CEO after interviewing three candidates. Mehrlich currently serves as executive director of aviation at Texarkana Regional Airport, a position he started in January 2020. Longtime Gainesville airport CEO Allan Penksa...

Dayne Tyler Baucom, 33, was arrested on Sunday on a years-old warrant for misdemeanor battery. On June 24, 2022, Gainesville Police Department Officer Thomas Kooplikkattu responded to multiple calls about an active battery. The victim reportedly had previous disturbances with Baucom over the prior months but nothing...

The Gainesville Police Department reported what appears to be a drive-by shooting the evening of March 10 in northeast Gainesville. Here’s what we know: When was the shooting reported? March 10 at approximately 6:25 p.m. Where did the shooting occur? The 1700 block of Northeast Eighth Avenue. Local news:...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) -An Alachua County man will serve up to 15 years in state prison for selling drugs near a church in Newberry, the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday. Theo Whitfield, 61, was sentenced March 2 on drug possession and distribution charges. Deputies opened an investigation into...

“Downward dog” was taken very literally Saturday morning. Attendees stretched out on their mats, following along with the live yoga instructor as they waited to pet one of the 10 dogs walking through the maze of mats. Around 115 participants overtook the lawn in front of Swamp Head Brewery...