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Jesse Paul, 21, of Palatka, was arrested yesterday for allegedly harassing employees of an apartment complex. The post Palatka man arrested for harassing apartment complex employees appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Gainesville, Fla. – Temperatures dropping to 31°F before sunrise Wednesday could damage plants and outdoor vegetation across a wide stretch of North Central Florida, with frost forming as early as 4 a.m....

A freeze warning was issued by the National Weather Service in Jacksonville at 12:52 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17. This warning applies to Bradford, Gilchrist, Eastern Alachua, Western Alachua, Central Marion and Western Marion counties. The NWS warns: "Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold." Ocala area...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Authorities in some North Central Florida counties are lifting burn bans as drought conditions improve due to recent rainfall. Marion and Levy County officials announced that mandatory burn bans were lifted on Tuesday. Last week, Alachua County officials extended the county burn ban through...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) — A convicted felon is back in jail after deputies say he attacked a pregnant woman Sunday night. Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies identified the suspect as James Ivey III, 42. Deputies said a verbal argument turned physical when Ivey threw the victim onto a vehicle, shattering its windshield.

An Ocala Walmart employee was arrested for allegedly stealing from the store nearly 40 times over a two-month period. Last week, a loss prevention associate at the Walmart located at 34 Bahia Avenue in Ocala informed the Marion County Sheriff’s Office that an employee, 21-year-old Jafet Alberto Martinez Ruiz, had...

The National Weather Service in Jacksonville issued a tornado watch for Alachua, Bradford, Marion and Union counties in North Central Florida, with 10 other counties also included. The watch will last until 8 p.m. as the right weather conditions for tornado formation continue. In a special weather statement, the NWS...

To cut or not to cut the High Springs fire and police departments will be the topic of a special, yet-to-be-scheduled workshop after commissioner consensus at a regular meeting on Thursday that the city’s budget needs more than a band-aid. In August 2025, the commission debated eliminating or downsizing...

In a quiet corner of Gainesville, Florida, science is speaking up for animals who can’t speak for themselves. The ASPCA Veterinary Forensic Science Center opened in late 2020 as the nation’s first multidisciplinary forensic laboratory dedicated to assisting law enforcement and animal control agencies investigating...

OCALA, FL (352today.com) – A life of service: Those words describe the selflessness and commitment Donald Sergeant Kennedy has made, not only while serving in the military, but also as a civilian and in his work with the Marion County Memorial Honor Guard. Kennedy will be one of 12...