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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A wanted man with prior felony convictions is in the Alachua County Jail on charges including drug trafficking. Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies spotted Tabaree Lewis, 40, on East University Avenue Monday afternoon. He had warrants for trafficking meth, evidence tampering, and possession...

MARION COUNTY, FL (352today.com) – The 352 just keeps on growing, and added myriad new businesses from Gainesville to Ocala, including some online-only concerns. We’re talking restaurants, a tattoo studio, ice cream, apparel… and, yes, more drive-thru coffee. Here are some of the businesses that opened in...

Adry'n Sakai Louis Santiago, 18, was arrested yesterday for displaying a firearm in a November 2025 road rage incident; he was also charged with unlawfully concealing a firearm because of his age. The post 18-year-old arrested for displaying firearm in road rage incident appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

A new, massive retail development along the County Road 484 in south Ocala has been identified as a future Walmart, marking the latest addition to the rapidly expanding corridor. A major site plan for the project, officially titled the “SW Hwy 484 Super Center,” was reintroduced to the Marion County...

Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia’s fight against undocumented immigration could bring economic challenges to Alachua County’s immigrant communities. Ingoglia’s proposed legislation was filed Jan. 7 and 8 in the Florida Senate and House, respectively, by sponsors Sen. Jonathan Martin and Rep. Berny...

ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. – The Union County Sheriff’s Office said that two women and a suspect were found dead on Tuesday following a standoff on I-75 near Paynes Prairie. The agency said that the situation began around 4:30 p.m. when it found two women dead from apparent gunshot wounds near S.W. County Road 241, near...

In less than 24 hours, two fires started at a nature park in Gainesville, resulting in the arrest of a woman who violated the county’s burn ban.

A 47-year-old Marion County man was arrested after allegedly stealing a Cadillac and leading deputies on a high-speed chase that ended with a rollover crash. On Monday, January 26, two Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputies observed a Cadillac SRX that was stopped at a red light at the intersection of SW 108th Place...

OCALA, FL (352today.com) – The Marion County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved, with a 5-0 vote, the filing of an injunction against the defendants responsible for the railroad tie fire that took place on the CSX property in Dunnellon on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. The county will be...

Tabaree Jakeem Lewis, 40, was arrested yesterday on a warrant, and more charges were added after a deputy saw him near a convenience store and a search of his vehicle produced evidence that he was selling drugs. The post Wanted man on pre-trial release arrested by deputies appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .