Gainesville FL

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - First responders and shelter officials are advising residents on how to stay warm and safe as temperatures are expected to enter the 30s this week. Gainesville Fire Rescue officials say it’s important to keep warm and check on neighbors during the cold weather. “Preparing as...

At the November 6 Gainesville City Commission meeting, Commissioners discussed their agreement to close a street for Santa Fe College, postponed a decision on improvements to Morningside Park, adopted a resolution to transfer two parcels to GRACE Marketplace, and rezoned the Old Terwilliger property. The post...

OCALA, Fla. — After frigid air moved into Central Florida overnight, Marion County officials declared a freeze warning for the area. Spectrum News meteorologists say it is the first November freeze in the county since 2016. Many counties opened cold weather shelters Monday night because of the drop in...

A new bed and breakfast option is planned for Gainesville once renovations are finished on the 135-year-old building. The McCreary House (815 E University Ave.) was bought for $1 before being hoisted onto a truck in 1975 and rolled several blocks east of downtown Gainesville. The plan was to renovate and reopen the...

Helping others catch up with their bills going into the new year has been a divine assignment of a local evangelist since 2002. “The vision came to me a year before we started in 2003 and it has been running strong ever since,” said Evangelist Gladys Ellis , who along with her daughter, Charlotte Ellis-Colbert, have...

A K-9 unit from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office recently finished in first place for firearm detection at a statewide competition, while several other local units also came home with awards. According to MCSO, members of the office’s K-9 unit recently traveled to Brevard County, where they trained and...

Despite Tennessee at Florida being less than two weeks away, things are up in the air in terms of a kickoff time.

A freeze warning will be in effect for Alachua County on Nov. 11. from midnight to 8 a.m., according to the National Weather Service. The area also will be under a cold weather advisory on Nov. 11 from 2 to 8 a.m. Residents can expect sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27 degrees, with a wind chill as low as 20...

Two men were arrested after a home was broken into in Hawthorne, and a resident was robbed at gunpoint this weekend.

Warren Cilliers, a 46-year-old pilot, was identified as the person killed in a plane crash on Saturday morning.