Gainesville FL

(GAINESVILLE, Fla.) — More than a hundred University of Florida students rallied in Turlington Plaza on Sept. 10 to protest funding cuts to the Regional Transit System (RTS), a service many students rely on to get to and from campus. The backlash occurred after the City of Gainesville announced...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Some residents were happy to hear about the renovations, but were unsure about the school district taking over. Gainesville High School is one of three schools that play at the Citizens Field Stadium. But Mayor Harvey Ward says that for the school district to take over,...

Jason Futch [email protected] A multi-county car chase initiated in Alachua County on Thursday, Oct. 2, led deputies from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) and Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) to arrest two Gainesville men. According to the HCSO arrest report, Trai Curtis Williams,...

Ashley Galen Powers, 50, was arrested early this morning after allegedly keeping a woman from leaving a hotel room while officers tried to open the door from the outside. The post Man on pre-trial release arrested for keeping woman from leaving hotel room while officers tried to open the door appeared first on...

ORLANDO, Fla. - An 11-year-old boy and his 41-year-old father were killed when their small plane crashed near Williston last weekend, authorities said. The victims were identified as Jacob Harnett and his son, Carter. What we know:. An 11-year-old boy, Carter Harnett, and his father, Jacob Harnett, 35, died when...

Gainesville police are seeking the public’s help in locating a 60-year-old man from Old Town, who was discharged from UF Health Shands Hospital on Friday, Oct. 3, and has not returned home or contacted his family. According to a Gainesville Police Department (GPD) post on social media, Shawn Way...

Marion County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl after she reported the incident to school officials. According to the arrest report for Donald Gates, 43, the inquiry began when the victim presented a note to the school detailing the sexual assault Gates perpetrated on her.

MARION COUNTY, Fla. (WCJB) - A woman was sentenced after being convicted of voter fraud in Marion County. 26-year-old Maria Bautista was originally arrested in 2023 after investigators uncovered a petition fraud scheme. She unlawfully used personal information of multiple people, including Marion County’s Supervisor...

Laron Detron Murphy, 19, has been sentenced to 90 days in jail, followed by two and a half years of probation, after entering a plea of nolo contendere to a charge of possession of a short-barreled shotgun. The post 19-year-old sentenced to 90 days in jail and 2.5 years of probation for possession of a...

An argument over barking dogs ended with the arrest of a 58-year-old Ocala man after he allegedly attacked one of his neighbors with a wooden table leg. On Tuesday, October 7, at around 10 a.m., a Marion County Sheriff’s Office corporal responded to a home located on SW 58th Lane in Ocala in reference to an...