Gainesville FL

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Officers warned drivers to avoid part of Williston Road on Wednesday due to a serious accident. Gainesville Police Department officers say a crash involving a dump truck and a pickup truck happened near the intersection of Southeast Williston Road and 16th Avenue. Drivers were advised to...

Hawthorne broke ground on a 15,000-square-foot community center at 7642 SE US Highway 301 to replace the current resource center. Half of the new center will serve as a food bank, and the other half will offer employment, housing, financial, and counseling services. The city secured $5.9 million in state...

At the February 26 General Policy Committee meeting, the Gainesville City Commission approved the concept of a fence around the Gainesville Police Department but requested that staff reconsider placing art on the fence. The post Gainesville City Commission moves forward with fence around GPD despite safety and...

MARION COUNTY, FL (352today.com) – Welcome to the latest installment of our monthly shout-out to all the new businesses in the area. So what came to the 352 in February? A new location for the region’s favorite Indian restaurant, “dirty soda,” and kick-butt barbecue, among several others.

Two weeks ago, Zyvione Jacolby Speed-Mitchell, 26, submitted a plea of no contest to misdemeanor battery despite facing charges of aggravated battery and false imprisonment, both felonies. Speed-Mitchell was sentenced to 364 days in jail; however, as part of the plea deal that was accepted by Judge Robert Groeb, the...

Blink and you might miss it, but the little red Burger Barn on US-301 has people driving hours for a bite. Low prices, big flavor, and pure roadside charm have turned this tiny spot into a Florida legend. Reviews rave about juicy smash burgers, curly fries, and shakes worth the detour.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - The Alachua County School Board held its last regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday before an expected final vote on a districtwide rezoning plan, which could include closing four elementary schools. No final decision was made on Tuesday. A vote is expected at a special board meeting next...

The UF Board of Trustees recently approved changing the department’s name to The Alan H. Porter, M.D., & Claudia B. Porter, R.N., Department of Radiation Oncology. The post UF College of Medicine renames department for dedicated alumni and donors appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. – A crash in Alachua County on I-75 North, around mile marker 399, caused major delays for drivers on Tuesday evening. It is currently unknown what led to the crash, but live traffic cameras show multiple agencies at the scene with a semi-truck pulled over to the side of the roadway.

If someone told you there’s a portal to another dimension hiding inside a hill in Williston, you’d probably assume they’ve been reading too much science fiction or spending too much time in the Florida heat. Devil’s Den Prehistoric Spring is that portal, except instead of leading to...