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A daycare worker is facing child abuse charges after surveillance video allegedly showed her slapping, dragging and roughly handling toddlers at a Marion County child care center, authorities said.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A Gainesville man was indicted in federal court for illegally possessing a firearm as a felon. According to a press release, Kenneth Wetherington, 59, is set to appear for a jury trial on March 25 in Gainesville. If convicted, Wetherington faces up to 15 years in...

A 17-year-old male from Lake Butler was killed this afternoon in a crash on State Road 121, and a 30-year-old Lake Butler man and a 38-year-old Gainesville man were seriously injured. The post 17-year-old killed, two seriously injured in Union County crash appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

Stephen Christopher Blaum, 29, was released from the Alachua County Jail Wednesday after posting a $25,000 bond set by Meshon Rawls on a count of aggravated assault. According to the arrest report, the victim was at his friend’s apartment Tuesday night and they were listening to music around 11:00 p.m.

(This story was updated to accurately reflect the most current information) BELLEVIEW – Two people are dead in what the Belleview Police Department believes may be a murder-suicide. According to police officials on scene, at 12:13 p.m. on Feb. 27 their agency received a 911 call concerning a possible suicide that may...

Gainesville Fire Rescue and Alachua County Fire Rescue officials responded to structure fire at Spyglass Apartments at around 1:45 a.m.

A 41-year-old South Carolina man was hit and killed while riding a bicycle on County Road 235 in Alachua County, according to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol. Here's what we know: When did the crash happen? Feb. 27 at 10:30 a.m. Where did the crash happen? County Road 235 near its intersection with...

CROSS CREEK, Fla. (WCJB) - Florida Highway Patrol troopers are investigating a deadly crash involving a bicycle and an SUV in Alachua County. Troopers say around 10:30 a.m., an SUV was headed south on County Road 325 near Southeast 174th Place, in the Cross Creek area. The SUV collided with...

Lorenzo Leon Murray, 49, was arrested last night after allegedly trying to break into a car in a carport and rummaging through another car a few blocks away. The post Man with 49 convictions arrested for multiple burglaries appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

NEAR GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WSVN) — A Florida man reported missing was rescued from a sinking situation after first responders found him stuck in the sand. Officials said the search for the 36-year-old Andrew Giddens, a Jacksonville man, continued Monday after deputies discovered a car parked on the side of the road near...