Gainesville FL

Sasha drives down County Road 121 in Union County every day to go to work in her community, about an hour’s drive west of Jacksonville. It’s a scenic drive, and she listens to her jams to feel a last bit of freedom before going into the office. When she saw there would be construction recently on a particular...

Alachua County deputies arrested a Gainesville man early Saturday morning after responding to reports of a violent disturbance inside a home on SW 20th Ave. Just after midnight on November 15th, multiple callers reported hearing a woman in distress. When deputies arrived, they found a pregnant victim who said a The...

As a wildlife ecology senior at UF, you’d think I visit Florida’s natural springs all the time. Well, I’ve only gone twice. But that’s not on account of the springs themselves. Florida’s natural springs are beautiful. The cold clear water provides a perfect swimming and diving hole and serves as a great place to spot...

Investigators said Caden Speight, 17, texted his mother in September to say he had been kidnapped and shot.

A 17-year-old told Marion County Sheriff’s Office detectives his hand “just slipped,” causing him to shoot a man in Silver Springs Shores.

Blessing community members with money to help catch up on bills, along with bringing people closer to the Holy Ghost, again highlighted an annual worship service hosted by a local evangelist. More than a dozen people were blessed with funds to help them get caught up with utility, rent and car note bills, but the...

Khalil Keari Barnett, 29, who was arrested in Gainesville in August, has been indicted on federal charges of possession of marijuana with intent to sell, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm and ammunition affecting interstate commerce. The post Gainesville man indicted on...

Tiffany R. Tackett, 43, was arrested early this morning after allegedly going behind a counter at the CVS on Archer Road to steal four cans of compressed air and then resisting officers' attempts to arrest her. The post Homeless woman arrested for robbery after going behind CVS counter to steal compressed air...

Gainesville, FL – A Florida family has filed a lawsuit claiming their 2-year-old son, De’Markus Page, died after medical staff at UF Health Shands administered ten times the intended dose of potassium phosphate due to a missing decimal point in the prescription. The lawsuit, filed on November 6,...

Holland Christopher Coburn, 46, was arrested yesterday and charged with grand theft after allegedly stealing a phone from a laundromat and then trying to get the victim to pay him to get it back. The post Gainesville man arrested for stealing phone from laundromat and trying to make victim pay to get it back...