Gainesville FL

OCALA, Fla. - A 19-year-old firefighter says he was assaulted and waterboarded by coworkers during an alleged hazing incident while on duty at a Marion County fire station. That alleged attack led to multiple arrests and has left him feeling isolated within the department. The backstory:. Kayne Stuart, a...

A 19-year-old Ocala man, who was arrested last week in connection with a Christmas Day shooting that claimed the life of a 21-year-old father, has been denied bond and will remain incarcerated. During his first court appearance on Tuesday, January 6, Curnelius Andrew Brown, Jr. was denied bond by a...

Darryl Dwayne Latson Jr., 26, was arrested on Tuesday on a warrant for selling a handgun to a juvenile. The post Gainesville man arrested for selling handgun to a juvenile appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

United States — After a stretch of unusually warm temperatures across Florida, a sharp cold plunge is expected to move in Sunday night, leading to much colder wind chills Monday morning across a large portion of the state. The dramatic shift follows a passing cold front and will create conditions that feel more like...

Marion County Sheriff’s officers apprehended a woman accused of ramming a car with children in a Dollar General parking lot. According to the police record, Kayla Agee, 26, got into an altercation with a woman in the parking lot on Saturday. Agee was apparently upset that the other mom left her kids in her car while...

The county will host three public meetings to receive public input on the local housing assistance plan.

University of Florida scientists are joining forces at the Crop Transformation Center (CTC) to wage a high-tech war against plant pests and diseases threatening Florida’s crops, including citrus greening. The urgency to find a solution to citrus greening spawned interest to include citrus as an initial focus of the...

Gainesville Police Department (GPD) officers arrested Habib Bryan Boukari, 45, early Sunday morning and charged him with driving under the influence (DUI). According to the arrest report, around 3:30 a.m., GPD Officer Ellis Anderson, who was accompanied by Field Training Officer Jason Rowe, conducted a traffic stop...

On May 14, 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Contractor Cesar Bacares sent the following email to HSPD:. We are requesting the following information from your agency participating in the 287g TFM in Florida. Please provide by 12 ET on Friday 5/16/2025. Name of your agency- Do you plan...

A Florida man was arrested this week for armed robbery, marking his second arrest since being released from prison for similar offenses in November 2025, authorities said. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded at around 7:30 p.m. Sunday to the Dollar General store on U.S. 441 in Summerfield for a...