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Jacob William Daniel Cruz, 25, of Longview, Texas, was arrested last night after an officer reported that he was driving without a valid license and had illegal drugs and an AR-15 in his car. The post Texas man arrested with illegal drugs and an AR-15 appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

Thousands pass by an east Gainesville plaza on Williston Road each day, unaware it once housed a Black-owned shopping center envisioned by a trailblazing Baptist preacher . Now known as the Shalom Center, the plaza at 908 SE Williston Road in southeast Gainesville was once called the Alavec Shopping Center. The...

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – A Marion County couple’s retirement dreams have been shattered after discovering their recently purchased home will soon sit alongside a four-lane highway, a development they say came without warning. Nita and Tony Ipsale bought their new home on what they thought was a secluded...

Florida executed a man on Tuesday for the 1989 murder of a traveling salesman in Gainesville, marking the state’s first execution this year.

The Gainesville City Commission is advancing a five-year strategic plan to prevent gun violence through the Community Gun Violence Prevention Alliance. The alliance views gun violence as a public health emergency and aims to improve literacy and family stability through social services. Potential closure of Rawlings...

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – A 34-year-old Florida woman was killed Thursday in a two-vehicle crash in Marion County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The fatal wreck happened around 6:50 p.m. on NE 160th Avenue Road at NE 220th Avenue. The FHP said a 29-year-old Citra man was driving a...

Babyray Dean Booker, 39, was arrested late last night and charged with burglary, battery, and property damage. The post Man on probation arrested for burglary, battery, and property damage appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

William Blas Hernandez, 28, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, carrying a firearm during a drug-trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The post Gainesville felon sentenced to 12 years in federal prison...

High Springs City Manger Jeremy Marshall has a criminal case out of North Carolina. Marshall is alleged to have filed a worthless check with the Food Lion Grocery store in June 2008, court records indicate. In February 2009, a summons was issued for Marshall to appear in court but it...

OCKLAWAHA, Fla. - A Marion County family is grieving the loss of their 2-year-old son, Olyver, who was accidentally run over in the family’s driveway. Troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol said another driver did not see the toddler behind the vehicle. What they're saying:. The family said the...