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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Alachua County deputies have arrested one of the men accused of turning a Facebook Marketplace gun sale into an armed robbery. Officials say 18-year-old Dewayne McAllister arranged to buy a gun from a seller through Facebook Marketplace. He met the seller Wednesday in the Holly Heights neighb

Jason Ira Hosey Jr., 30, was arrested last night for allegedly threatening a delivery driver while holding a machete. The post Homeless man arrested for threatening delivery driver while holding a machete appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

Toddrick Ardell Sutton Jr., 24, was arrested yesterday for allegedly pointing a gun at another customer at a business. The post Man on pre-trial release arrested for pointing gun at customer inside business appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

Ian Fletcher, COO and interim managing director of the Greater Gainesville Chamber of Commerce, sits down with TV20 to discuss the Leadership Gainesville program.

Alachua County Commissioner Ken Cornell will ask voters for a fourth term in November as challenger Dewayne Baines seeks a first term. Mainstreet Daily News provided each of the candidates for office with the same questions. We’ve run the answers below as received. The county’s District 4 questions and answers can be f

At the July 23 Gainesville Policy Committee meeting, the Gainesville City Commission discussed providing cooling centers at City parks, adding ad hoc subcommittees on solid waste and environmental resiliency, changing the structure of the neighborhood parking permit system so that owners and renters pay the same fees,

Raising Cane's Caniac Club Members and Hot Fresh News subscribers can receive a free chicken finger with the purchase of a Box Combo on July 27. The post Raising Cane’s offers FREE chicken finger on National Chicken Finger Day appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

A little taste of Vermont is headed to the Gainesville area, where Ben & Jerry’s is getting ready to open a new locally owned scoop shop this summer. The new Ben & Jerry’s will be located at 14128 West Newberry Road, Unit C-13, in the Steeplechase area. The company’s website lists the location as ‘coming soon’, while f

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) -A group of Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies are being credited with helping save a man’s life after he suddenly became unconscious inside the Alachua County Criminal Courthouse on Tuesday morning. Deputies quickly cleared the courtroom and began providing emergency medical care. Deputy

At SEC Media Days, Florida Gators head coach Jon Sumrall dug into the QB competition between Aaron Philo and Tramell Jones — and what he said might’ve just tipped Gator Nation off to who’s leading the battle heading into fall camp. Sumrall also touched on:. -His excitement...