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WILLISTON, Fla. (WCJB) - A popular “U-Pick” farm in Williston is closing to the public. The owners of Amber Brooke Farm, once known as “Red, White, and Blues,” announced their doors are now closed. The farm was well-known for its strawberries, blueberries, and sunflowers. A social...

OCALA, FL. (352 Today) — For Max Gagnon, July 22 was nearly his last day alive. That evening, Gagnon was involved in a devastating single-vehicle crash in Marion County. According to HCA Florida Ocala Hospital’s Facebook page, Firefighters with Marion County Fire Rescue found his truck crushed between two trees. The...

Devon Junior McCarthy, 29, was arrested late last night after allegedly pulling a knife on two men in the locker room of a gym. The post Man in pre-trial diversion program arrested for pulling knife on men in gym’s locker room appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

At the August 21 meeting, the Gainesville City Commission discussed changing their previous budget decisions but decided against the changes, heard a quarterly crime update, and moved forward with Lot 10 and a Cultural Arts Center. The post Gainesville City Commission hears crime update, sticks with budget...

Public works employees began dismantling the City of Gainesville’s rainbow crosswalks at 8 am this morning. The rainbow crosswalks are located on NE 1st St by Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, SE 1st St in front of the Alachua County government building, and SE 2nd Pl in front of the Hippodrome Theatre.

Eric Javah Baker, 22, of Lake City entered a plea of no contest to four charges resulting in the death of Christopher Alvord from Salina, Kansas last year in Gainesville. The charges included: vehicular homicide with failure to render aid, a second-degree felony; leaving the scene of an accident involving death, a...

Clifford Byron Trunick IV, 41, was arrested yesterday and charged with child neglect with great bodily harm and other charges after a two-month-old baby was hospitalized for cocaine and fentanyl exposure. The post Man charged with child neglect after two-month-old baby was found to have overdosed on cocaine and...

Gainesville Police Department (GPD) officers arrested Xavier Johnny McNeail, 36, last week and charged him with felony domestic battery by a repeat offender. According to the arrest report, the victim told police she was at her friend’s house when McNeail showed up unannounced and asked her to walk with him to their...

The pulse of reggae returns to North Florida with the highly anticipated Gainesville Reggae Festival 2025, happening Friday, August 29, at the iconic Heartwood Soundstage. This FREE community celebration kicks off at 6:00 p.m. The post Gainesville Reggae Festival 2025 – Free event August 29 at Heartwood Soundstage...

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. — It has been 35 years since Gainesville was terrorized by a string of murders that left a permanent scar on the University of Florida community. In August 1990, just as students were moving in for the fall semester, five young lives were taken in a series of crimes so brutal that they shocked the...