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ALACHUA, Fla. (WCJB) -Malakai Blue is a 10-month-old baby from Alachua, and he’s a quarter-finalist for a national baby of the year competition. This is a live, yearly competition where votes are free. Parents enter their babies with their best photos and a biography describing their infectious giggles and...

At least 67 individuals, including 16 pedestrians, have died on Marion County roadways through October, with the area recording the 12th most fatalities and some of the highest pedestrian and vehicular fatality rates among Florida’s 67 counties. According to a review by Ocala-News.com of the most recent vehicular...

LADY LAKE, FL (352today.com) – A suspect has confessed to a recent string of thefts around the area during the month of October, including four e-bikes and one e-scooter. The suspect, Alfred J. Woods II, was taken into custody on unrelated charges in Marion County on Oct. 25. While behind bars, he admitted to the...

On October 9, Julian Lee Myhand, 36, was sentenced for an incident that occurred in August following a no contest plea and conviction for aggravated assault. Myhand took a plea deal that was accepted by Judge James Colaw, where he technically received the maximum sentence, five years in prison; however, because...

Giovany Rojas-Castro, 19, was arrested last night for allegedly hitting and choking a woman and holding her against her will for about 48 hours. The post Man arrested for domestic battery and holding woman against her will for 48 hours appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

City of Gainesville residents for the second time in a year voted decisively on Nov. 4 to remove the article of the city's charter that created the GRU Authority, effectively dissolving the governor-appointed board and removing the utility's chief executive. With all 32 precincts reporting, the referendum to return...

Thousands of Florida kids don’t have access to their Head Start center this week, due to an ongoing government shutdown. Many of these centers ran out of federal funding Nov. 1. More than 2,000 Florida kids who go to a Head Start center won’t be able to go to...

Visitor traffic at The Oaks Mall surpassed 2024 levels for June through September as new management works to boost the business following a foreclosure complaint issued by U.S. Bank. The Oaks Mall owed U.S. Bank around $79 million when the bank filed its complaint, and the bank asked the Eighth...

Treyvion Sincere Murphy, 19, was arrested early this morning after allegedly firing a gun in the street in the 1800 block of Williston Road; he was also charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The post Man on probation arrested for firing a gun in the street appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

An Ocala family is grieving the loss of a beloved patriarch who got lost on his way to get gas and drove onto train tracks that he confused for a side road, just one day after his family held a discussion about the man’s battle with dementia. Family and...