Gainesville FL

After announcing earlier that deputies would continue to arrest people for openly carrying firearms, ASO has now reversed course and announced that nobody will be arrested for the open carrying of firearms if that is the "only crime they have committed." The post UPDATED: Sheriff Chad Scott announces no open carry...

University of Florida students rally to restore RTS bus routes: ‘We want our buses back’. University of Florida students gathered at Turlington Plaza on Tuesday to protest cuts to the city’s Regional Transit System. Man arrested after falsifying documents in an attempt to steal someone’s home. Updated:...

More than 100 people gathered in Turlington Plaza Wednesday to protest UF cutting funds for the Regional Transit System. Students chanted, held handmade signs and shared stories about how the route cuts have impacted them at the “Rally for RTS Buses,” hosted by the Save RTS Coalition. UF...

Gainesville leaders remembered where they stood 24 years ago during a 9/11 ceremony at City Hall. Working an internship in Carbondale, Illinois. Traversing hills at Camp Pendleton and finding Marines sitting at the top to get radio news. Participating in a meeting at Perkins Restaurant before heading to the...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - North Central Florida congresswoman Kat Cammack is supporting a bipartisan bill she says will help pregnant women. Cammack and other lawmakers say the bill would give women more access to prenatal screenings for antiphospholipid syndrome or aps. She says it is a treatable blood clotting...

A unanimous vote from the Alachua City Commission on Monday rezoned a 111-acre parcel of land to pave the way for the development of single-family homes near San Felasco Hammock State Park. The city annexed the parcel adjacent to the park and Calvary Baptist Church from Alachua County in 2004....

The Gainesville City Commission passed the first of two votes to approve its budget, millage rate and fire assessment for the upcoming fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. The decisions came at the special meeting on Wednesday evening, and final votes will be held on Sept. 24. The commission must keep the budget largely...

The Florida Department of Health in Alachua County (DOH- Alachua) issued a rabies alert on Thursday after a confirmed case was found in a stray cat located in an area south of Hawthorne. The cat was found off SE U.S. Hwy 301 in Alachua County on Aug. 28, and DOH-Alachua...

Known for his lifelong bond with tarantulas, Gainesville local Robert Morris — more commonly known as “Spider” — found both love and companionship through a shared passion for these misunderstood creatures with his late wife, Joy. Their collection became a testament to patience, curiosity, and the...

Roman Tevarez Carter, 26, was arrested yesterday and charged with attempted murder and other felonies after allegedly shooting into a vehicle at an Archer Road intersection. The post Gainesville man charged with shooting into vehicle on Archer Road appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .