Gainesville FL

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Guns are being stolen from locked and unlocked vehicles in Gainesville. So far this year, GPD officers say 46 guns have been stolen from vehicles. “You can have a safe installed in your vehicle, and you can safely secure that firearm in and prevent it from being stolen. Most of these guns...

Jonathan Stephen King, 36, was arrested yesterday after allegedly trying to steal almost $1,800 in merchandise from Walmart. The post Homeless man on pre-trial release arrested for trying to steal almost $1,800 in merchandise from Walmart appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

I’m in total agreement with Jack Brennan. Ocala and Marion County have gone building crazy. I’ve been here since 1997 and had family here since the the late thirties and forties. It used to be a pleasant place to live, but now, the thirst for the building money is getting out of control.

Shalecia Labria Garrison, 33, was arrested yesterday and charged with intentionally hitting a man with her car in July 2024; she also allegedly hit and killed two ducks. The post Gainesville woman arrested after allegedly intentionally hitting a man and two ducks with her vehicle appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

PALM BAY, Fla. – A Gainesville man was arrested after a high-speed chase on I-95 ended in a crash and a slew of charges in Brevard County. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, around 5:30 p.m. Monday, a trooper clocked a gray Kia SUV going 96 mph traveling north near mile marker 170.

BELLEVIEW, Fla. – A 47-year-old Belleview man was killed early Monday when his motorcycle was struck from behind by a car on County Road 25 in Marion County, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. The fatal two-vehicle wreck happened around 2:55 a.m. on County Road 25 at SE 108th Terrace...

A 47-year-old motorcycle rider from Belleview was killed early July 7 in a two-vehicle crash in rural southeast Marion County. Here, with information from a Florida Highway Patrol news release, is what we know about the case: When and where was the crash? About 2:55 a.m. July 7 on County Road 25 at Southeast 108th...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - One person was hurt in a multi-vehicle crash in Northwest Gainesville. Gainesville Police Department officers say one person was taken to the hospital after a pickup truck and SUV collided around 10:30 a.m. on Monday at the intersection of Northwest 43rd Street and Eighth Avenue. The...

Jacob Rodgers was a passenger in a friend’s pickup truck on the evening of Oct. 7, 2015, when the driver of a Gainesville city utility vehicle ran a stop sign and hit the pickup. Rodgers, then 20, was thrown from the pickup and suffered injuries that left him paralyzed....

MELROSE, Fla. (WCJB) - A major roadway in Alachua County was blocked on Tuesday morning due to a crash. Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies say a pickup truck crashed into a tree near the Ameris Bank on State Road 26 in Melrose. Alachua County firefighters responded to rescue the driver...