Gainesville FL

With temperatures expected to plummet into the 20s tonight, emergency officials in Marion County are opening shelters for those in need of a warm place to stay and urging residents to take precautions. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office has announced that the Salvation Army will open its doors to provide...

A 28-year-old Marion County man is behind bars after allegedly stealing a pickup truck because he “does not like walking.”. On Thursday, January 1, a Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to a residence in Ocklawaha after receiving reports of a stolen vehicle. A male victim told the deputy that his...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - A friend of a man accused of murdering a stranger in a Gainesville lumberyard, then shooting at two officers, said she doesn't want him to be remembered as a bad person. She described him as being a good father and a hard worker. Two Gainesville Police officers...

Jarvis James Wright, 32, was arrested early this morning and charged with making written death threats. The post Gainesville man arrested for making death threats appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

Dante Kevin McKeever-Coleman, 18, has been sentenced to two years in state prison as a youthful offender after entering a plea of nolo contendere to shooting from a vehicle and possession of a firearm by an adjudicated delinquent. The post 18-year-old sentenced to two years in prison as youthful offender after...

A man on pretrial release for misdemeanor domestic battery in Alachua County has been arrested in Texas on a Marion County warrant for charges of larceny and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Darian Gonzalez-Maldonado, 21, was arrested by the Carrollton Police Department and booked into jail on...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Alachua County sheriff’s deputies are investigating the death of a prominent financial advisor in Gainesville. Sheriff’s deputies say they found William Olinger, 54, a partner at wealth management firm Koss Olinger, dead in a home on Southwest 95th Terrace in the Haile Plantation community...

During Commission Comment at the end of the January 13 Alachua County Commission meeting, Commissioners voted to withdraw a Chair letter to the Sheriff after Commissioner Anna Prizzia said the Undersheriff told her the agency has "already agreed to take down mugshots on social media." However, a spokesman from the...

Despite the countless initiatives, services and even new grocery stores appearing in Gainesville, food insecurity is back on the rise as of late 2025, with local food shelters such as Deeper Purpose Community Food Ministries reporting an increase from 10 to 40 phone calls per day directed toward food assistance.

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Alachua County, FL – Drivers in western Alachua County are facing significant travel disruptions today after a vehicle crash with injuries forced the closure of SW Williston Road. According to the Alachua...