Gainesville FL

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Alachua County crews have started construction on an northern extension of Parker Road, located in western Gainesville. The people living in a neighborhood right next to that extension say they had no clue it was coming. “When we came back from work, it’s all being cleared,”...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Scientists at the University of Florida are bringing humanity closer to having a food source on the moon. What’s on the menu? Plants. Researchers at UF’s Space Plants Laboratory received lunar soil from NASA. These are rare samples collected during the Apollo 11 expedition,...

Jose Luis Silverio Diaz, 18, was arrested early this morning for possession of a firearm by an adjudicated delinquent. The post High school student arrested for unlawful firearm possession appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

ALACHUA, Fla. (WCJB) - Officers arrested a man from Gainesville accused of driving under the influence and causing a crash on Sunday in Alachua. Alachua Police Department officers say they responded to a crash around 1:19 p.m. on U.S. Highway 441. The investigation revealed that Ricky Walker, 64, of Gainesville,...

At the March 26 Gainesville City Commission special meeting, Commissioners discussed how Florida's new laws, particularly one that prohibits DEI programs, will affect the City, and they expressed disappointment with the way the School Board responded to requests from City and County Commissioners during its recent...

A 40-year-old Newberry man was killed Monday night when the dirt bike he was riding collided with an SUV on State Road 26 in unincorporated Alachua County, according to troopers. The crash happened around 8:30 p.m., about a half-mile west of NW 266th Street, and emergency responders pronounced the rider dead at the...

Muhammad Kishta, 26, was arrested this morning after allegedly holding his roommate at gunpoint while demanding that he "confess to his god, Muhammad." The post Gainesville man arrested for holding roommate at gunpoint appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

New Florida quarterback Aaron Philo may have made a costly mistake by taking a shot at Georgia during his first press conference.

A large wooden deck held bright balloons whipping in the wind, an amber honeycomb painting and a playful chalkboard with marks from The Hive’s first customers. B’z Gelati opened its first brick-and-mortar location, called The Hive, at 1130 NW 23rd Ave on Saturday. The brand’s home base expanded the business model...

A Florida man was arrested on March 29 after he fired multiple rounds from a rifle aimed at his neighbor's house as cars drove by, according to the Marion County Sheriff's Office.