GRACE Marketplace receives $150K grant from Community Foundation of North Central Florida
GRACE Marketplace is getting a $150,000 grant from the Community Foundation of North Central Florida to help offset rising food prices.
Alachua family in suspected fatal dog attack has prior history with animal control
Bites from two pit bull-type dogs contributed to the death of Moraima Simon on her son's property in Alachua on March 19, 2026. The family previously faced an investigation after Kathleen Leto's daughter was bitten by one of their pit bulls in Miami-Dade in April 2023. Two dogs involved in...
Gators HC Todd Golden Comfortable Where He is Despite Outside Noise
North Carolina was previously rumored to be interested in Golden as Florida looks to extend his contract for the third straight year.
Man arrested 17 years after deadly DUI crash on I-75
OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) — A man is in custody 17 years after Florida Highway Patrol troopers say he was involved in a deadly DUI crash in Marion County on Interstate 75. FHP troopers say Joe Johnson, now 75, killed his brother after losing control of his vehicle on I-75 and hitting a culvert.
Former Williston hospital building headed to auction years after former owner convicted
WILLISTON, Fla. (WCJB) — The old Regional General Hospital of Williston building will go up for auction after years of sitting empty. The hospital on Southwest Seventh Street has been in receivership proceedings since former owner Jorge Perez was sentenced to federal prison for health care fraud. Levy County...
Ft. White man arrested for fleeing on four-wheeler in Archer, crashing into deputy’s patrol...
Tyler Malik Bryant, 20, of Ft. White, was arrested last night after allegedly fleeing from a deputy on a four-wheeler and crashing into a patrol vehicle. The post Ft. White man arrested for fleeing on four-wheeler in Archer, crashing into deputy’s patrol vehicle appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .
50-acre wildfire burns north of Bronson
BRONSON, Fla. (WCJB) - A 50-acre wildfire was reported between Archer and Bronson Sunday afternoon. Florida Forest Service officials said the blaze was reported around 2:30 p.m. It is burning north of the town of Bronson. Firefighters have not shared what caused the fire.
Travel A Barber Has Lots Of Motorcycles (And Cars)
It was becoming hotter in central Florida. Summer was rapidly approaching, and soon temperatures would be in the high 90s and triple digits, marking you as one of the “really committed to motorcycling” group if you were out riding. My wife Kim was off on an adventure of her own, so I had a little more than a week to get myself into some...
Man Serving Florida Prison Sentence on Oklahoma DOC Detainer
A man serving a four-year prison sentence for firearm and drug charges out of Alachua County, Samuel Joseph Mantone IV, 27, has been placed under a detainer by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. On September 25, 2025, Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Mantone on gun and drug charges. Deputy...
The charismatic snails snacking on the springs’ algae problem
In the 2010s, scientist Dina Liebowitz scooped up algae-coated tiles from the waters of the Ichetucknee River as visitors bobbed, splashed and floated along the surface in inner tubes. When the revelers called out with questions, the ecologist condensed years of research into a three-second pitch: She was testing whether...
