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OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - Alachua County sheriff’s deputies say a missing elderly person is back home on Friday, thanks to real-time vehicle tracking technology. Around noon, Ocala police issued a Silver Alert for Revana Priddy, 79. Her vehicle was found traveling through Orange Heights on U.S. 301 in Alachua...

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – Detectives are asking for the public’s help identifying a man who robbed a Marion County Circle K at knifepoint on Wednesday. According to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, the suspect entered the store on SE 165th Mulberry Lane, grabbed the clerks by their shirts and threatened them with a...

Some Florida places ask you to slow down the moment you arrive. Just south of Gainesville, one of Florida’s most peaceful trails waits at Paynes Prairie. The Bolen Bluff Trail opens onto wide Florida prairie views where wild horses sometimes appear in the distance. Birds lift from the grass,...

Jacob (aka Jordan) Ramon Gonzalez, 19, was arrested early this morning and charged with child abuse after allegedly randomly attacking a juvenile male on West University Avenue. The post 19-year-old arrested for ‘randomly’ attacking juvenile on West University Avenue appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A crowd gathered under the Archer Road I-75 underpass, calling for a death investigation for a man found dead under the bridge in December. Dozens of people wore shirts and held signs featuring Tyrone Davis Jr. Davis was found dead late last month under the Archer...

Erick Braijon Hankins, 26, was arrested yesterday after deputies responded to a call about a man who pointed a gun at a woman at the Crossing at Santa Fe apartment complex. The post Gainesville man arrested for pointing gun at woman at the Crossing at Santa Fe complex appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

The Crimson Tide couldn't maintain an early lead against the Gators to pull off the upset win.

A Gainesville Police Department spokesman says officials do not have a confirmed motive for the murder of 23-year-old Eduardo P. Rodriguez at Imeca Lumber and Hardware on Wednesday. The post GPD: Motive in Imeca murder is currently unknown appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Gainesville police say Eduardo Rodriguez was shot and killed in the Imeca Lumber and Hardware building by Justin Long. Those who knew Eduardo Rodriguez best say the 23-year-old had a bright future ahead of him. He was going to get married this year, he had plans to open his own company, and wanted...

An Ocala couple is petitioning county officials for permission to transform their nearly 12-acre residential property into a working mini-farm complete with bees, chickens, cattle, horses, and solar-powered barns. Kevin and Barbara Marovich have filed an application for a Special Use Permit that would allow them to...