Gainesville FL

"Love." That’s what motivates Buchholz High School ESE teacher Christin Vinson to give her best every day. It’s the reason she makes home visits to students who stop coming to class and mentors those who are thinking about dropping out. "She's got a work ethic and a drive that's just unmatched," Buchholz Principal...

GAINESVILLE, FL (352today.com) – In recognition of World Cancer Day, HCA Florida North Florida Hospital is highlighting the critical importance of early lung cancer detection by offering affordable screening options through its outpatient imaging center, HCA Florida North Florida Invision Imaging. Throughout 2026,...

A firefighter with the Ormond Beach Fire Department has been placed on administrative leave after getting arrested in Gainesville. After midnight Sunday, Gainesville Police Department Officer Brandon Mills was present at Midtown when he saw Steven Paul Taylor, 21, yell fighting words to an unknown man. Mills escorted...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A manhunt was underway Thursday evening for a man who escaped custody in northwest Gainesville. Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies say a man arrested on firearm charges during a domestic incident was taken to the HCA Florida Millhopper Emergency room on Northwest 43rd Street for evaluation.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man accused of pointing a gun at two repairmen and holding them at his home against their will in Alachua County. According to the arrest report for Edward Spiegel, 79, Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies were called out to a home on Northeast 211th Drive in...

ORANGE COUNTY - On February 18, 2025, Bagen Law Firm sued Gainesville Church Ignite Life Center (ILC) and the Orlando-based Florida Multicultural District (FMD) of the Assemblies of God (AG) on behalf of Plaintiff (Jane Doe) and her mom (Mother Doe) for negligence and vicarious liability, along with Christian Vargas...

ALACHUA, Fla. (WCJB) - Alachua County Fire Rescue crews provided emergency medical care after a man was run over around 11 a.m. on Thursday. He later died at the hospital. Officials tell TV20 that an employee was run over at Blue Compass RV, an RV dealership on Northwest Highway 441 near the Turkey Creek neighborhood.

Tiara Danielle Miles, 32, has been sentenced to four months in jail, followed by five years of probation, after entering a plea of nolo contendere to domestic battery and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The post Woman sentenced to 4 months in jail for trying to hit a man with her car appeared first on...

Authorities have released the name of a person whose burned body was found last week in unincorporated Marion County. Marion County Sheriff's Office officials said the person found deceased inside a vehicle in a wooded area of Silver Springs Shores on Jan. 30 was Jack Duane Watson, 61. Watson was considered homeless,...

Nearly 24 hours after a Union County double-homicide suspect was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot following a standoff on Interstate 75 near Paynes Prairie, authorities released the name of the suspect and one of the victims. The suspect was identified as 47‑year‑old Jason Eric Holton of Lake...