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BATON ROUGE, La. – The LSU track and field team is splitting up this week to head to both the east and west coasts. The distance team went to California for the Bryan Clay Invitational, and the rest of the team went to Florida for the Tom Jones Invitational.

MELROSE, Fla. (WCJB) - Firefighters in Alachua County put out travel trailer fire early Thursday morning. Alachua County Fire Rescue, Melrose Fire Department, and Cross Creek Fire Department crews responded to reports of a structure fire in the Lochloosa area of Southeastern Alachua County just before 4:30 a.m. Crews arrived...

Police booked Jimmy E. Spears, 47, into jail Sunday on a warrant for domestic battery by strangulation, a felony carrying a maximum prison sentence of five years. According to the police report, Spears and the victim were living in a shared tent when he got angry at her after she told him to stop talking. Spears reportedly punched the victim before strangling her to...

A section of the Hammock Loop Trail at Alachua County Turkey Creek Preserve between trail markers 11 and 13 will be closed from April 21 until the end of June. The post Temporary partial trail closure at Turkey Creek Preserve appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

At a time when North Central Florida healthcare providers continue to face staffing challenges, 41 newly trained nurses will enter the local workforce following Galen College of Nursing’s Gainesville campus commencement ceremony on Thursday, April 16, at Westside Baptist Church. The post Galen nursing graduates to strengthen local healthcare workforce appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

With some notable outliers, most of Marion County’s salaried employees fall into the $50,000-$79,999 range. Based on the current salary records for 2026 (estimated based on approximately 650 employees), here is the percentage breakdown by annual salary bracket, including specific examples from the records:. 1. Over $200,000: ~0.3%. This...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Local and state firefighters battled a fast-growing wildfire on Wednesday evening that blocked a major roadway. Florida Forest Service officials responded to the fire near the intersection of State Road 26 and County Road 234 around 4:30 p.m. They say the fire was 400 acres as...

ALACHUA, Fla. (WCJB) — Jackson Youmas will be sworn in next Monday for Alachua County Commission Seat 3 after defeating incumbent Dayna Williams by 370 votes. Youmas received 833 votes, while Williams received 463 votes and challenger Bill Menadier received 310 votes. Youmas said he decided to run for...

The family of a Florida man killed in a plane crash in Levy County earlier this week is remembering him through online posts.

A legal battle involving a Marion County man who claims he was permanently injured after a sheriff’s employee crashed into his vehicle is now scheduled for mediation, just over a year after it was first filed in court. Randy Lee Dabrowski, who originally filed the lawsuit on April 15,...