Alachua County Farmers Market moves to new location
The Alachua County Farmers Market (ACFM) will relocate to its new location at San Felasco Tech City, starting Jan. 3. According to a press release, the oldest-operating farmers’ market in the area, which has supported local growers for over 50 years, will be relocating to its new home at 13900 Tech City Circle. In...
Man on probation charged with drug possession and attempted carjacking; deputies seek carjacking victim
John Roosevelt Wilson III, 36, was arrested yesterday after allegedly fleeing from deputies and trying to get into a passing vehicle; he was also charged with selling drugs. The post Man on probation charged with drug possession and attempted carjacking; deputies seek carjacking victim appeared first on Alachua...
“He Tried to Kidnap Me” – Black Woman Records Shocking Video of White Man...
A black woman’s regular day at work turned into a nightmare when a white man held her against her will in Florida. Jakara Wilson, a Kroger delivery woman, was on her way to deliver an order when her company van’s tires got trapped in mud after she took a wrong turn in the town of Altoona in Marion […]
‘If I die, we both gonna die’: Wife in bed on her phone doused...
A Florida man allegedly doused his wife in gasoline and set himself and their home on fire after she asked for a divorce, authorities said. "If I die, we both gonna die," he told her as she sat in bed scrolling through Facebook on her phone. Alfonza Green, 51, stands...
Could Not Find The Safe: Gainesville Man Sentenced In Clearwater Armed Robbery
CLEARWATER, Fla. – A Gainesville man will spend more than a decade behind bars for a 2023 armed hold-up at a Clearwater convenience store, where suspects were caught on camera hunting for a safe they never found. U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland has sentenced Jhakheem Smith, 26, to...
School bus carrying 46 students involved in Union County crash
A school bus carrying 46 students was involved in a crash Tuesday.
‘They’re coming for you’: Video shows arrest of mom in 40-year missing child cold...
Body camera footage from a Florida sheriff's office shows the arrest of Debra Newton on Nov. 24. Newton is accused of abducting her daughter in 1983.
Williston set to provide their own internet service with $4.6 million fiber optic cables
Williston city leaders paved the way for a city-owned internet provider to be available in the early months of 2026.
Multiple arrests made in Alachua County retail theft bust
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Multiple agencies teamed up for a week-long operation to arrest people accused of stealing from stores in Alachua County. Sheriff’s deputies, Gainesville police, and retail loss prevention officers started the week-long operation on Dec. 5. They arrested six adults and a minor. One of the...
Gainesville man arrested on drug charges had illegal rapid-fire attachment and homemade silencer on...
Dean Allen Harper, 55, was arrested yesterday on drug and firearm charges; when he was pulled over on November 21, he reportedly had a rifle with a rapid-fire trigger and a pistol with a homemade silencer in his vehicle, along with a book containing instructions for making bombs. The post Gainesville man arrested on...
