Gainesville FL

You know that feeling when you bite into something so delicious that time seems to stop?. That’s the everyday magic happening at Pearl Country Store & Barbecue in Micanopy, Florida, where smoke signals and the aroma of slow-cooked meats have been drawing hungry pilgrims from miles around. Sometimes the...

Melvin Eugene Miller, Jr., 38, was arrested last night after allegedly pulling a gun in the Palomino Pool Hall and running from officers. The post Gainesville man arrested for pulling gun in downtown pool hall appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

The Alachua City Commission voted, again, not to investigate why three of its planners left earlier this year. Commissioners Dayna Williams and Jennifer Ringersen opposed the investigation while Commissioner Jacob Fletcher and Mayor Walter Welch said it would provide the public “closure.” Fletcher moved to hire...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Charlene Cox Harper, 74, was arrested yesterday at the airport after allegedly hitting a police officer because she was upset that her plane was delayed. A Gainesville Police Department officer reported that at about 6:53 p.m. on July 27, Harper was “extremely intoxicated” while waiting for a...

Deputies said that after Christopher Jones got done loading up his car at the daycare, he sat in the driver’s seat. That’s when Mindy Osteen walked up and shot him in front of their sons.

UPDATE: The suspect barricaded on NW 9th Terrace was shot and killed by a deputy after he fired additional shots at members of the ASO SWAT team. FDLE will conduct an investigation of the use of deadly force by deputies, and the surrounding area will remain closed for an extended period of time. The post UPDATE:...

Forget the chains during your next road trip. Florida is home to some of the finest restaurants in the country — and also some of the funkiest, funniest, and flat-out most unforgettable. We’re talking alien-themed taco joints, Christmas-forever seafood shacks, and burger spots where the décor (and the portions) are...

CITRA, Fla. (WCJB) - A church building in Marion County was destroyed in a fire on Monday morning. Marion County Fire Rescue crews say at 5:49 a.m., a fire was reported at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church on Northeast 140th Street in Citra. The caller said the church was engulfed in flames.

A Marion County sheriff’s deputy is being recognized for his compassion and professionalism during a tragic incident last week. On July 24, Deputy Billings responded to a call where a woman had found her husband unresponsive. When Marion County Fire Rescue arrived at the scene, they pronounced the man deceased.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Sheriff’s deputies are investigating after a man was shot on Monday evening. Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies say a man was shot in the Tower Oaks neighborhood off Southwest 69th Drive in Gainesville around 6 p.m. The victim was taken to the hospital. As of...