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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Members of a Gainesville organization say they will work with the city to preserve the Downtown rainbow crosswalk bricks. Pride Community Center officials say they want resident input about what to do with the bricks, which were removed in August after a state order. City leaders...

Join the fun and help the animals! Fix Them All’s Chili Cook-off and Music Festival will be held on October 25, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., at One Love Café in Gainesville. The post Fix Them All’s chili cook-off and music festival to be held on Oct. 25 appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

Day 1 of OBS October Yearling Sale nets more than $3.2 million. Overall, 146 horses were auctioned on Tuesday, bringing in more than $3.2 million, easily surpassing last year’s first day. Updated: 1 hour ago. Nearly two dozen contestants entered the Cross City Police Department’s “Scarecrow Square” outside city...

Living the homeschool lifestyle, Jantz Reid, 13, struggled to find community among her age cohort. Her involvement at the Spring Ridge First Church of God youth group was her only way of meeting children her age. But even then, most of the students in the youth group went to the same public school, so it wasn’t easy...

NOTE: This piece first appeared on FLGulfNews.com. By Dick LaFontaine with Michael Volpe and Richard Luthmann, Jr. A federal court brawl in Gainesville has taken a dark turn. Seventy‑two‑year‑old semi-retired pharmacist Richard A. Luthmann Sr. filed a sworn declaration. He labels Jeremy Hales a “paid internet...

An Ocala man with a prior battery conviction was arrested for allegedly attacking his wife inside their home after she refused to go to Chili’s for dinner. On Friday, October 3, the female victim contacted the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and advised that her husband, 56-year-old Jerome Shannon Valila, had battered...

At the October 7 School Board of Alachua County meeting, Florida Commissioner of Education Anastasios "Stasi" Kamoutsas showed up to personally invite Vice Chair Tina Certain to the November meeting of the State Board of Education. The post “Culture of intimidation and neglect of duty”: Commissioner of Education...

A small plane carrying three people crashed Sunday near Williston Regional Airport, killing everyone on board, according to the Levy County Sheriff’s Office.

A plane crash claimed multiple lives over the weekend in Levy County, Florida, deputies said.

Jon Calvin Graham, 66, was arrested early this morning on warrants for stealing scooters and pawning a stolen camera. The post Gainesville man charged with stealing multiple scooters and pawning stolen camera appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .