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MARION COUNTY, Fla. (WCJB) - Navongela and Freddie Jackson say they were eating in their car on their property in Flemington when Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy Riley Artman pulled up asking for their ID and if they owned the property. “Someone just pulls in and asks what are you...

MARION COUNTY, FL (352today.com) — A man was arrested after accidentally discharging a firearm while illegally possessing it, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO). MCSO says that Deputy Shyrock responded to the 3600 block of NE 41st Street following a report of a shooting. The investigation...

Viral video shows Marion County property owner handcuffed on accusation of ‘trespassing’. Navongela and Freddie Jackson say they were eating in their car on their property in Flemington when Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy Riley Artman pulled up asking for their ID and if they owned the property. Gov....

Kelli Boyd has started a petition to pass a law requiring toxicology testing after a fatal crash The post Grieving mom starts petition to pass law requiring toxicology testing after a fatal crash appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

Three individuals were stabbed in a domestic dispute in Hawthorne on Saturday night, with one person still in serious condition. According to an Alachua County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) release, multiple deputies and detectives responded to the 5800 block of SE 223rd Street in Hawthorne on Saturday night to the report...

Fiona McLeod writes in detail about the failures of Alachua County Public Schools and says many employees quietly hope for state intervention The post McLeod: School district dysfunction has led many employees to quietly hope for state intervention appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

As the Academy of Science and Technology at Santa Fe College prepares to begin its third year this fall, it will do so under the direction of a new principal. Santa Fe College announced Monday that Shane Andrew will join the Academy on Aug. 1 as it welcomes its third freshman class and advances its first class of...

HAWTHORNE, Fla. (WCJB) - Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies say clearing a block party from a roadway in Hawthorne over the weekend cost them thousands of dollars. On Saturday night, Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies say they believe more than a thousand people were crowding Holden Park Road following Hawthorne’s...

A mother of five children was arrested after a family fracas over immigration fears. Marion County sheriff’s deputies were called Monday afternoon to the Paradise Mobile Home Park located on U.S. 301 in Summerfield where they arrested 31-year-old Lourdes Sucely Estrada Mendez De Perez on a charge of domestic battery.

Jamie Lamarr Ball, 49, who was originally arrested in November 2024 after allegedly shooting a pistol multiple times at Forest View Apartments, has been sentenced to 120 days in jail, followed by three years of probation, after pleading nolo contendere to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The post Man...