Gainesville FL

FLORIDA — A worsening drought situation is tightening its grip across the state, with new projections showing that many areas would need between 14 to 19 inches of rainfall over the next month just to eliminate current deficits. Despite some rain chances appearing in the short-term forecast, the overall...

Marion County Sheriff’s deputies say Michael Sumpter was arrested for illegally dumping more than 44,000 pounds of concrete in Citra.

A 40-year-old Hawthorne man was killed and an 18-year-old Interlachen man is in critical condition following a collision on County Road 2082 west of Hawthorne early Saturday morning. According to a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) release, the Interlachen man was driving a pickup truck east on County Road 2082 west...

Dean Allen Harper, 55, of Gainesville, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of an unmarked and unregistered silencer, which qualifies as a firearm under federal law. He faces up to 10 years' imprisonment. The post Gainesville man pleads guilty to federal charge of unlawful possession of a homemade silencer...

Alachua County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) deputies booked Micheal Austin Burlingame, 30, into the Alachua County Jail Wednesday on a warrant for felony cyberstalking and misdemeanor charges of stalking and property damage. The incidents occurred in September 2025 and prosecutors formally filed charges in January 2026....

HCA Florida on Wednesday unveiled an air ambulance program in Gainesville that will increase emergency transportation capacity in rural and hard-to-reach communities of north central Florida. The ribbon-cutting took place at the under-construction HCA Florida Gainesville hospital, adjacent to the longstanding HCA...

ALACHUA, Fla. – Essence C. Robinson, 33, was arrested yesterday at the High Springs Advance Auto Parts store after allegedly trying to use a fraudulent check to pay for over $2,000 in merchandise at the Alachua Advance Auto Parts store. At about 6:38 p.m. on March 26, an Alachua...

EARLETON, Fla. (WCJB) - An Earleton family is mourning the loss of their home, which caught on fire a week ago. Now, they’re trying to figure out how to begin again. Last Thursday was a normal day for the Cadys inside their home near Melrose until around 3 a.m., when their 12-year-old son told them the house was on...

Calista Nicole Crenshaw, 26, of Micanopy, and Jaquez De'onte Keith, 27, of Alachua, were arrested yesterday after Crenshaw allegedly pointed a gun at a woman after an argument over a DoorDash delivery; she and Keith allegedly hid the gun. The post Pair arrested after DoorDash customer said driver’s friend pointed a...

A jury in Marion County found 38-year-old Kevin Thomas McDonough guilty of domestic battery by strangulation after a one-day trial on March 24, 2026. He was sentenced to five years in the Florida Department of Corrections. The case began when deputies from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office learned from the victim...