Gainesville FL

Fish Hawk Spirits, a farm-to-bottle distillery that has operated in Marion County since 2012, announced plans to move its operations out of the county following a denial of its Special Use Permit by the Board of County Commissioners on Feb. 17. The decision came after a six-month continuance granted in...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Landon Kirell Coleman, 22, an inmate at the Alachua County Jail, has been charged with 40 counts of violating his pre-trial release conditions after allegedly calling his domestic battery victim 139 times on the free jail phones. Coleman was arrested on November 27, 2025, for allegedly...

Eduardo Machado-Cabrera, 74, was arrested yesterday for allegedly stabbing his roommate with a kitchen knife. The post Man arrested for stabbing roommate appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

ARCHER, Fla. (WCJB) - It’s been seven years since Jasmine Robinson, 23, who was six months pregnant, left her home at the 15000 block of Southwest 175th Avenue in Archer and never returned. Detectives are still searching for Robinson. Due to evidence and information gathered, investigators believe Robinson’s...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A mother who lost two children in a crash on Williston Road last July was arrested and charged with two counts of negligent manslaughter of a child. Investigators says the children, approximately six months old and 22- months old, were not in car seats when Christina Gordan, 29, was...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A response related to a reported burglary in Gainesville on Tuesday led to the arrest of a man and a woman as they attempted to assault the responding deputies. Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies say that after they arrived at the home on Southwest 9th Place, they...

The glitz and glam of Hollywood captures attention starting from an early age. Beyond celebrities' Instagram Stories and red carpet poses, there are actors out there paying their dues and honing their craft in pursuit of a sustainable career or a fulfilling sideline. Submitting to casting calls is a big part of that...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) Up to five students were on a school bus involved in a traffic crash Tuesday, according to Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies. The crash happened on Northwest 78th Avenue at County Road 235. Deputies said four or five students were on the bus, but none of them...

The City of Gainesville has released the first draft of its updated comprehensive plan, a document that will guide how the city grows and develops in the coming years. Comprehensive plans outline where housing and businesses can be built, how transportation systems are designed, how the environment is protected, and...

Roberta 'Betty' Lopez, Archer's first Black female mayor and community advocate, died on Feb. 11 at age 87. Lopez raised over $900,000 to convert Archer's abandoned 1936 high school gym into the Archer Community Center in 2011. Lopez served on many boards and co-founded the Northwest Archer Community Association...