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WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – The Walton County Fire Rescue cadets Post 850 participated in a state competition in Gainesville and returned with several awards. The cadets participated in the Summer Gator Fire Games and made podium in multiple events. They competed in seven events against 40 teams from 17 different depa

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Gainesville Police say a man that was missing and endangered was found Monday morning. Officers say they found John Hotaling, 78, safe after he was last seen at Oak Hammock on Southwest 50th Boulevard while walking his dog on Sunday.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A man who killed a 6-year-old boy in Kentucky in 2015 and was later arrested in Marion County is walking free again. Ronald Exantus, 42, killed 6-year-old Logan Tipton in Kentucky, and assaulted the boy’s siblings. He was arrested, found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity but still fa

This episode features Dr. Heidi Keegan from the new literacy initiative Alachua County Reads, supported by the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners, the Children’s Trust of Alachua County and the Center for Nonprofit Excellence. The Alachua County Reads collaborative will launch virtual and physical literacy hu

Janet Evans writes that the firing of High Springs City Manager Jeremy Marshall was disgraceful. The post Letter: Shame on High Springs appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

Tana Silva writes that transparency is a lost ideal in the "blue bubble" of Gainesville The post Letter: Transparency is a lost ideal in the ‘blue bubble’ appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

On July 27, Michael DeAngelo Clayton, 39, was convicted of two counts of first-degree felony drug trafficking, two counts of smuggling contraband into a detention facility and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Facing 85 years in prison, Clayton entered an open no-contest plea. This means there wasn’t a...

A 14-acre horse farm in Reddick has been sold for $1.35 million, adding to a steady stream of high-value horse farm transactions across Marion County. William and Jessica Drew sold the property located at 15620 NW HWY 225 to Richard and Diana Militana for $1,350,000 on July 7, according to a deed filed with the Marion

Josh Heupel and the Tennessee Vols are trying to give Florida Gators head coach Jon Sumrall a rude welcome to the SEC.

Michael Scott Vicary, 67, was arrested early this morning after allegedly entering an occupied apartment near campus and looking through the refrigerator and kitchen cabinets. The post Homeless man arrested for entering occupied apartment and looking through refrigerator and cabinets appeared first on Alachua Chronicl