Gainesville FL

A mother who had been drinking shoved a police officer in the face during a family fracas. Officers responded to a domestic dispute between 27-year-old Aliza Hope Hiers of Williston and the father of her children at a home on Belle Oak Drive around 12:50 a.m. Sunday, according to an arrest report from the Leesburg...

A Marion County woman has filed a lawsuit against a well known Ocala diner for injuries that she alleges she sustained after falling on a wet floor within the establishment. Attorneys filed the lawsuit on behalf of Vanessa Jimenez against Darrell’s Diner in the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Marion County on June 10.

HIGH SPRINGS, Fla. (WCJB) - An Alachua County family is mourning the loss of a part of their property, which has been in their family for decades. Their shop caught on fire early this morning. “I woke up to what sounded literally like a war zone. It sounded like bombs...

In the early hours of Wednesday, July 2, 2025, a Gainesville Police traffic stop escalated into a foot chase and standoff after 33-year-old Kendrick Rashaed Bullard fled from officers and ran into an apartment located in the 2200 block of SW 34th Street. Further investigation revealed that Bullard did not The post...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Alachua County deputies arrested a man on charges of attempted murder and domestic battery. Sheriff’s deputies say they were called to reports of a domestic violence incident on Southeast 41st Drive early Wednesday morning. The victim told deputies that Michael Tyree-Gardner, 19, was...

Eric Rashawn Washington, 40, has been sentenced to three years in prison after entering a plea of nolo contendere to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; he was originally arrested for allegedly stealing a woman's purse and hitting her in the face with a gun. The post Man arrested for armed robbery...

A delivery driver for a local Domino’s was arrested by Marion County deputies after she allegedly added unauthorized tips to more than 50 orders over a two-week period. On Tuesday, June 17, a manager at the Domino’s located at 261 Marion Oaks Boulevard contacted the Marion County Sheriff’s Office to report that an...

Attorneys representing the children of the late Ajike “A.J.” Owens have sued the woman responsible for shooting and killing their mother through a closed front door, citing a pattern of aggression and “gross negligence” that led to the fatal incident in 2023. The wrongful death lawsuit...

A mother and a grandmother of two young kids have been arrested after the children were found unsupervised and locked in a dark shed next to a highway, authorities said. Tamara Stoiber, 37, and Sabine Thrift, 59, have each been charged with two counts of child neglect, while Stoiber has also been charged with two...

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