Gainesville FL

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A man was arrested on the charge of attempted murder after officers say he stabbed another man eight times during a brawl in downtown Gainesville this weekend. According to the arrest report for Brandon Goodin, 21, the victim left a bar in downtown Gainesville around 2...

Richard Vine Newton, 66, was arrested yesterday and charged with stealing three vehicles and falsely claiming they were his so he could sell them to a metal recycling business. The post Gainesville man arrested for stealing 3 vehicles and selling them to a metal recycling business appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

Isidro Coste Roman (AKA Isidro F. Coste), 52, was arrested yesterday and charged with threatening a worker with a machete. The post Homeless man arrested for threatening worker with machete appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – A Marion County courtroom delivered a monumental sentence on Tuesday, condemning 44-year-old Howard Lee Whiteted III to 11 consecutive life sentences following his conviction on numerous counts of capital sexual battery and other related charges involving multiple child victims. The Honorable...

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man convicted of raping and killing his neighbor decades ago was put to death Tuesday evening in a record 15th execution in Florida this year. Norman Mearle Grim Jr. , 65, was pronounced dead following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. He was convicted of sexual...

A Gainesville woman was arrested after attacking some Good Samaritans who stopped to help her on the side of the road. A deputy responded to a physical altercation between 37-year-old Jacquelyn Marie Srabian and multiple people on the side of County Road 673 around 10:15 p.m. Sunday, according to an arrest report...

Even supermarkets struggle to pay the bills these days. After the better part of a century in business, a southeastern food retailer is shutting down.

Florida quarterback DJ Lagway provided the Gators another distraction ahead of their matchup with Georgia this weekend.

An unfunded mandate occurs when the state or federal government requires counties to provide certain programs or services but doesn't provide enough, or any, funding to pay for them. These unfunded mandates quietly drain millions from Alachua County's general fund. The post Cents & Sensibility Chapter 4: Unfunded...

“Rain is temporary, punk is forever,” read a notification from the Fest 23 app. Though the final day of the festival was ridden with stormy weather, nothing could deter the tattooed troops from Gainesville’s annual three-day punk festival. Hundreds of fans lined up first thing Friday afternoon, wrapping...