Gainesville FL

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - At 2:52 a.m. Saturday, officers were approached at the Chevron Gas Station on West University Avenue by 21-year-old Bennett Stringfellow, who claimed he was robbed. According to officers, Stringfellow claimed he was attacked and his phone was stolen. During their investigation, they were...

OCALA, Fla. — The family of Ajike “AJ” Owens, a mother of four fatally shot in 2023 over a neighbor dispute, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Susan Lorincz on June 10, according to court documents obtained by News 6 WKMG-TV. Family of Ajike Owens files civil lawsuit.

Editor's note: Alan asked that his full name not be used out of sensitivity to his wife and her prior medical condition. For this reason, he is being identified by his middle name. . Alan never expected to be waiting for medical advice in the back corner of a northwest Gainesville...

Skylar Andrew Stone, 43, was arrested on Sunday and charged with aggravated assault after allegedly threatening another panhandler with a golf club during a dispute over lane choices. The post Panhandler arrested for threatening to hit another panhandler with a golf club appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) — City commissioners voted to sunset the pilot food waste composting program in Gainesville. After months of questions about costs, participation, and contract issues, commissioners decided to end the pilot program on Dec. 31. The program began in 2021 as a small pilot with about 700...

Andrew Stephenson Wise, 40, was arrested on October 18 and October 24; he was reportedly under investigation for following female college students to their vehicles and then trying to get in their cars. The post Man arrested twice in six days was under investigation for following female college students to their...

Stephen Fletcher Wixted, 36, was arrested last night and charged with possession of cocaine with intent to sell near a park; he said he was in a band playing at FEST and cocaine is part of "rock and roll." The post It’s “rock and roll”: Gainesville musician arrested for cocaine possession with intent to sell...

An influential think tank ranked the University of Florida as the top school in the nation, public or private, a recognition amplified in a Wall Street Journal editorial this week. The piece, “The University Elite, Reconsidered,” highlighted rankings created by the policy publication City Journal that evaluated 100...

Anyone who drives a car understands the sting of having to fill up their tank and pulling into the gas station, only to discover that gas prices have skyrocketed. Paying extra for gas means you have less to spend on other things, which, over time, can really put a crimp in your budget.

A 61-year-old Florida man was arrested this week after he allegedly threatened a neighbor and her dog over a property dispute, according to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office. Minor Catledge, 61, was taken into custody on Monday, October 20, following an incident that began days earlier on Friday, October...