Gainesville FL

The city of Gainesville received 17 acres donated for a future preserve near the Oaks Mall and also voted to buy another 20 acres for a new neighborhood park and multi-use trail. The items came forward on the consent agenda of the city’s Dec. 4 regular meeting. Gainesville developer...

The Gainesville City Commission voted to give 3% raises to its city attorney, city auditor and director of equity of inclusion, along with a 10% raise for its city clerk during a Monday special meeting. The City Commission also unanimously selected Commissioner Casey Willits as the mayor pro tempore for...

After years, the Lake Shore Hospital Authority approved the final documents needed to transfer the long-vacant Lake Shore Hospital building to Meridian Behavioral Healthcare.

After an influx of letters from Marion County residents who have criticized recent changes made to State Road 200, multiple readers shared opinions contrasting those. Here are a couple of those letters:. “I am so tired of seeing all these letters breach the level of worthy news and wasting valuable...

Logs are amazing when you actually think about them. They keep you warm in the winter, they sit around bonfires for marshmallow missions, some people carve them, some stack them like tiny lumber Jenga towers, and if you’re really handy, you might even turn one into a cabinet. But one thing logs are not supposed to...

Matthew Milton Bravo’s road to recovery is finally coming to a close. Bravo, a 20-year-old junior history major at the University of Florida, who in September was diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkin’s lymphoma, told WUFT News that he will be finishing chemotherapy by the end of December. “December...

Joseph Harold Wiggs, 23, was arrested early this morning for allegedly grabbing a man's phone, damaging the victim's car, hitting the victim, and preventing the victim from calling 911. The post Man on probation arrested for burglary, battery, and robbery appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

Eastside linebacker Demarco Daniels became the first in Eastside’s 2026 class to make his future destination official. Daniels, in a media center full of friends, family and staff, signed his National Letter of Intent on Wednesday to play at the University of Delaware. Even with offers from schools like...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Restaurateur Floyd ‘Sonny’ Tillman, the founder of the Sonny’s BBQ chain, has died, according to posts from family and friends on social media. Family members shared on Monday that Tillman died overnight in his sleep, surrounded by family. He was 96 years old.

Amanda May Shrewsberry, 39, of Ocala, was arrested on Saturday and has been charged with shoplifting a portable movie projector and a boat sonar device; she also allegedly fought with a police officer and Walmart employees in an attempt to avoid arrest. The post Ocala woman arrested for shoplifting movie projector...