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OCKLAWAHA, Fla. - A Marion County family is grieving the loss of their 2-year-old son, Olyver, who was accidentally run over in the family’s driveway. Troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol said another driver did not see the toddler behind the vehicle. What they're saying:. The family said the...

More than 50 community members filed into Eastside High School’s auditorium Wednesday night to protest Alachua County Public Schools’ proposed rezoning maps. The maps call for the closure of up to four elementary schools: Williams, Foster, Rawlings and Alachua Elementary — five if Duval Early Learning Academy, a...

Northeast Florida is now under “extreme drought” conditions.

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) — Four women have been murdered in the last two weeks in North Central Florida, all in connection with domestic violence situations. The latest victims were a mother and her 4-year-old daughter, killed in Marion County. Police say Ralph Bacon, 38, killed his estranged wife, Nancy Bacon, 34, and her...

Taft McClay Jasper, 49, was arrested yesterday and charged with choking a woman and pointing a gun at her. The post Micanopy man charged with choking and pointing gun at woman appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - The long-time owner of a Gainesville radio broadcasting company has died. Douglas Gillen was the owner of Gillen Broadcasting, the operator of KISS 105.3 and 98.9 JAMZ, for nearly 40 years. Gillen Broadcasting provided TV20 the following statement about his passing. “With heavy hearts we...

An Ocala man is behind bars after he allegedly broke into a tent at a local encampment and stabbed another man multiple times. On Thursday, February 5, a Marion County Sheriff’s Office corporal made contact with the male victim at a local medical facility. The victim advised that he was asleep in his tent in the...

A Florida teen caught on video splashing gasoline on a friend and setting him on fire is being charged as an adult for the incident that sent the victim to the hospital with severe burns, authorities said. Bradey Ming, 17, was booked into the Marion County jail Feb. 10 on a charge of aggravated battery with a deadly...

“Talent Thursdays” will begin Thursday, Feb. 12, and continue every Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m. ET, at the new HCA Florida Gainesville Hospital campus, located at 4094 SW 41st Blvd. The post HCA Florida Gainesville Hospital to host weekly walk-in hiring events ahead of spring 2026 opening appeared first on Alachua...

People can go online or call to pledge money toward donating a bear or a chemo duck for the children in treatment at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital.