September 2025 Citizens of the Month
The Citizens of the Month awards are sponsored by Bosshardt Realty and the Children’s Trust of Alachua County. The Citizens of the Month awards recognizes one student from each elementary school in Alachua County. At the end of the school year, each school picks a Citizen of the Year.
UF Homecoming Parade route may cause traffic delays
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Friday’s parade will wrap up a week of homecoming festivities at the University of Florida. The annual UF Homecoming Parade, the largest student-run parade in the country, will feature various sponsors and UF student organizations. The route will begin at the intersection of 13th Street...
National Coalition of 100 Black Women announces Greater Gainesville chapter
On November 1, a multi-faceted group of 83 socially conscious and activist women will be inducted into the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc., Greater Gainesville, FL Chapter The post National Coalition of 100 Black Women announces Greater Gainesville chapter appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .
Prosecutors Intend to Hold High-Schooler Charged with Stabbing Without Bond
An 18-year-old senior at Santa Fe High School (SFHS), David Teague, was arrested on Tuesday for stabbing another student. The State Attorney’s Office has notified the court of their intent to file a pretrial detention motion to keep Teague in jail without bond, court records show. Alachua Police Department...
Gainesville man arrested for allegedly ramming victim’s vehicle and endangering infant
Marlin D. Roper, 31, was arrested early this morning after allegedly following a woman in his vehicle, intentionally ramming her vehicle, and driving without properly securing an infant in a car seat. The post Gainesville man arrested for allegedly ramming victim’s vehicle and endangering infant appeared first on...
Hitchcock’s Markets’ founding family reflects on store’s 80-year legacy
Like hundreds of other people across North Central Florida, Alan Hitchcock started hearing rumors last month about Hitchcock’s Markets closing. The Alachua-native’s father, Bob Hitchcock, and grandfather, Robert Hitchcock Sr., founded the local grocery store and pharmacy on Main Street in Alachua in 1945. Alan...
Local pediatricians criticize Florida’s plans to end mandates for childhood vaccinations
Gainesville pediatricians say they are concerned about the impact Florida’s plans to remove mandated childhood vaccine requirements may have on school children, saying it could prompt stronger outbreaks for illnesses and affect immunocompromised children who are severely harmed by diseases because of their weakened...
Florida Executes Samuel Lee Smithers For 1996 Double Murder Case
Samuel Lee Smithers, 72, was executed by lethal injection Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison near Starke for the 1996 murders of two women whose bodies were discovered in a rural pond.
Ocala man formally charged with spraying disabled neighbors with sprinkler
An Ocala man accused of leaving on his sprinkler system to repeatedly douse his neighbor’s disabled adult children with water, has been formally charged by prosecutors. Marion County Court records show that on Monday, October 6, the following charges were filed against 61-year-old Antonio Roman: four counts of...
The rodeo kid: An unlikely teen roper
Raised in horse country, Trenton Kofmehl learned early what it means to fall down and get back up. After a childhood accident nearly ended his rodeo dreams before they could even begin, the 15-year-old found a way to climb back in the saddle and reclaim his place in the arena.
