Gainesville FL

A 36-year-old convicted felon accused of leading law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase pleaded no contest in a Marion County courtroom, just minutes before his trial was set to begin. On Thursday, July 17, Jeremy Donye Walker entered a plea in court shortly before jurors were scheduled to hear...

MICANOPY, Fla. (WCJB) - Officials say three children were hurt in a traffic crash on Interstate 75 in Alachua County. Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies say they responded to the crash at I-75 North near mile marker 374, just south of the Micanopy Exit. Two vehicles were involved in the...

Manhattan Gyros and Subs, a local restaurant in Gainesville, Alachua County, recorded 33 violations during a July 14 Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation inspection that resulted in an administrative complaint recommendation and follow-up inspection requirement. The restaurant at 490 NE 23 Ave...

On Friday, a jury convicted Dallvion Jarrell Parker, 31, of two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder, in addition to one count of evidence tampering, following a four-day trial. Judge James Colaw sentenced him to life in prison. On February 10, 2023, police in Michigan,...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A man arrested by Gainesville Police Department officers for kidnapping a woman and taking her across state lines was sentenced to half a century behind bars. On Monday, Willie Harvey, 44, was sentenced to 50 years in prison on kidnapping and other charges connected to an...

CITRA, Fla. (WCJB) - Marion County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a woman for aggravated animal cruelty after finding a malnourished horse. Sheriff’s deputies say they received a complaint about an underweight horse on Northwest 27th Avenue in Citra this month. Deputies found a 17-year-old gelding named Bully with...

Florida’s backroads hold more culinary treasures than a gator has teeth, and The Yearling Restaurant in Hawthorne might just be the crown jewel of them all – a place where literature, local flavors, and a healthy dose of Old Florida converge in the most delicious way imaginable. Tucked...

You know that feeling when you bite into something so delicious that time seems to stop?. That’s the everyday magic happening at Pearl Country Store & Barbecue in Micanopy, Florida, where smoke signals and the aroma of slow-cooked meats have been drawing hungry pilgrims from miles around. Sometimes the...

Melvin Eugene Miller, Jr., 38, was arrested last night after allegedly pulling a gun in the Palomino Pool Hall and running from officers. The post Gainesville man arrested for pulling gun in downtown pool hall appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

The Alachua City Commission voted, again, not to investigate why three of its planners left earlier this year. Commissioners Dayna Williams and Jennifer Ringersen opposed the investigation while Commissioner Jacob Fletcher and Mayor Walter Welch said it would provide the public “closure.” Fletcher moved to hire...