Gainesville FL

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man accused of pointing a gun at two repairmen and holding them at his home against their will in Alachua County. According to the arrest report for Edward Spiegel, 79, Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies were called out to a home on Northeast 211th Drive in...

ORANGE COUNTY - On February 18, 2025, Bagen Law Firm sued Gainesville Church Ignite Life Center (ILC) and the Orlando-based Florida Multicultural District (FMD) of the Assemblies of God (AG) on behalf of Plaintiff (Jane Doe) and her mom (Mother Doe) for negligence and vicarious liability, along with Christian Vargas...

ALACHUA, Fla. (WCJB) - Alachua County Fire Rescue crews provided emergency medical care after a man was run over around 11 a.m. on Thursday. He later died at the hospital. Officials tell TV20 that an employee was run over at Blue Compass RV, an RV dealership on Northwest Highway 441 near the Turkey Creek neighborhood.

Tiara Danielle Miles, 32, has been sentenced to four months in jail, followed by five years of probation, after entering a plea of nolo contendere to domestic battery and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The post Woman sentenced to 4 months in jail for trying to hit a man with her car appeared first on...

Authorities have released the name of a person whose burned body was found last week in unincorporated Marion County. Marion County Sheriff's Office officials said the person found deceased inside a vehicle in a wooded area of Silver Springs Shores on Jan. 30 was Jack Duane Watson, 61. Watson was considered homeless,...

Nearly 24 hours after a Union County double-homicide suspect was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot following a standoff on Interstate 75 near Paynes Prairie, authorities released the name of the suspect and one of the victims. The suspect was identified as 47‑year‑old Jason Eric Holton of Lake...

University of Florida students line up in the Reitz Union across the second and third floors to secure tickets to Gator Nights' accent speaker Marcello Hernandez in Gainesville, Fla., on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (Riley Beiswenger/ WUFT News) The line for tickets to see Saturday Night Live's Marcello Hernandez...

Carnage is NOT how you want to start off your week of racing at Sick Week, or any other event for that matter, but that’s exactly what plagued some racers on Day 1 of Sick Week 2026. Luckily for us, Kyle and the gang at 1320Video were on hand to catch all the racing action, good and bad! I’ve only had carnage that...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Gainesville, Florida – An armed disturbance during an appliance service call Wednesday evening led to the arrest of a 79-year-old Alachua County man, according to the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office....

Members of the Alachua County School Board faced disagreements over a training meant to improve communication issues in a meeting Tuesday. Board Chair Thomas Vu proposed a “Way of Work” meeting, hosted by the Florida School Boards Association, which would focus on enhancing the board’s collaboration and communication...