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Four employees from the Marion County Fire and Rescue Department in Ocala, Florida, were arrested for their involvement in a "violent hazing incident" that included allegedly waterboarding a 19-year-old coworker. “A small group of employees treated the firehouse like a frat house,” Marion County commissioner Carl...

Kenya N. Robinson’s path to a master’s degree from Yale School of Art looks nothing like the traditional academic ladder. In fact, she climbed it without the single credential almost everyone else considers mandatory: a bachelor’s degree. Her story — full of grit, talent, reinvention, and defiance...

WALDO, Fla. (WCJB) - Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies say 31-year-old Richard Holder was arrested Friday after a dispute with his 65-year-old stepfather, who is disabled. Holder told the victim to leave the home they live in together as a family after the two got into a heated argument. Deputies...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Caliber Car Wash is teaming up with Veteran Building Solutions to host a charity car was this weekend to support homeless veterans. Manager at Caliber Car Wash, Ivan Serrano says 50% of proceeds earned during the event will go toward supporting homeless veterans in need of housing.

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Four Marion County Fire Rescue employees accused of beating, dragging, and waterboarding a 19-year-old firefighter trainee faced a judge Thursday, with three of them remaining behind bars as of the evening. One suspect posted bond earlier in the day. The case has roiled county leadership and prompted an internal...

Bailee Perdue has been performing since she was young and has been competing in pageants for three years. The St. Augustine native won her first pageant the same year she started competing, earning the title of Miss Bartram Trail 2022. Two years later, Perdue was crowned Miss North Florida 2024.

Members of Gethsemane Lutheran Church (GLC) and the community executed the church’s ninth annual “Operation Turkey Sandwich” Thanksgiving morning, cooking, packaging and delivering 160 lunches to local employees working on the holiday. Pharmacists, urgent care doctors, first responders, gas station and tree farm...

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB/Gray News) - Several employees at a Florida fire department have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a hazing incident. Deputies from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office arrested 22-year-old Edward Kenny III, 22-year-old Seth Day and 19-year-old Tate Trauthwein on charges of kidnapping,...

Evan Hunter Hammock, 20, of Gainesville, was arrested yesterday morning after allegedly breaking into a house and spraying barbecue sauce on the walls and furniture before the house caught on fire; arson charges may be filed. The post Gainesville man arrested for breaking into home and spraying BBQ sauce on walls...