Gainesville FL

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A Motorcyclist is dead after a vehicle crash in Gainesville Wednesday morning. Florida Highway Patrol troopers and ASO deputies responded to the 5600 block of Southwest Archer Road just east of Southwest 56th terrace just after 2:30 a.m. Troopers say a 23-year-old man from Gainesville was...

New video shows a dramatic confrontation at a Marion County car wash after a 19-year-old employee stopped an axe-wielding attacker.

Christian Ronald Vradenburgh, 47, was arrested early this morning for allegedly stalking a former girlfriend. The post Man on pre-trial release arrested for stalking former girlfriend appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

BRADFORD COUNTY, Fla. – A Florida man has filed a lawsuit against the Bradford County Fair Association and Bradford County, claiming they unlawfully banned the open carry of firearms at the county fair. Christopher Rose filed the complaint seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging the policy banning...

During the event at Station 8 on March 12, neighbors will have the opportunity to help GFR firefighters push the new truck into the station bay. The post Gainesville to unveil new GFR ladder truck appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Organizers have moved the location of the funeral service for Gainesville civil rights advocate Rosa Williams. The service will now be held at the Abraham Lincoln Middle School auditorium in Gainesville on Saturday, March 14, beginning at 11 a.m. Williams died last month at the age...

Only three of the 14 counties in north-central Florida provide full access to obstetric care. Six have low access to care – meaning there are fewer than two hospitals offering obstetric care or birth centers per 10,000 births and fewer than 60 obstetric providers. The remaining five counties are maternity care...

A Gainesville judge on Monday handed 35-year-old Timothy Eugene Thomas two additional life sentences after he entered a nolo contendere plea in the 2010 killing of 16-year-old Sebastian Ochsenius. The new punishment stacks on top of life terms Thomas is already serving for violent crimes in other parts of Florida.

Hal Bernard Black Jr., 31, was arrested early this morning for allegedly displaying a firearm and two other weapons offenses. The post Man on federal probation arrested for displaying firearm appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

Gainesville-Alachua County Regional Airport Authority selected Ferdinand Paul Mehrlich as the new CEO after interviewing three candidates. Mehrlich currently serves as executive director of aviation at Texarkana Regional Airport, a position he started in January 2020. Longtime Gainesville airport CEO Allan Penksa...