Gainesville FL

Jeffery Dale Kerkau has made a career in law enforcement at the Gainesville Police Department (GPD) over the past two decades. During his time with the department, he’s been subject to internal investigation on numerous occasions and named in a controversial lawsuit. Background:. Kerkau began working for GPD in...

At today's State Board of Education meeting in St. Augustine, the Board voted to require the School Board of Alachua County to provide training to board members and demonstrate compliance with the First Amendment rights of parents; the Department of Education will monitor the district for all of the 2025-26 school...

In a lawsuit filed against the Marion County School Board, an Ocala father claims his 4-year-old daughter was sexually molested by another student because the two were not “properly supervised” by their teacher during nap time. Attorneys representing Geoffrey Harrison filed the lawsuit in the Fifth Judicial Circuit...

Sofia Wangensteen spray paints one end of the Norman Tunnel during a Planned Parenthood Generation Action event at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (Reyhan Kepic/WUFT News) A group of University of Florida students offered rainbows Thursday in response to a state mandate from...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has sent a letter to the School Board of Alachua County, asking for an investigation into an incident described by Crystal Marull at yesterday's State Board of Education meeting and calling for the termination of a teacher if the investigation finds that the allegations are...

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - Staff members at the Humane Society of Marion County say they were checking the playing area on Monday morning when they found the sinkhole. The hole is fairly deep, and with this being the largest playing area at the facility, it was crucial for staff to get it filled fast.

A 34-year-old Ocala man was arrested following an argument with his girlfriend after he allegedly slammed her head against a wall and choked her with the collar of her shirt. On Tuesday, at around 1:55 p.m., a Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to a local residence after receiving reports of an argument...

The Florida Department of Health in Alachua County advises residents that there has been an increase in mosquito-borne disease activity in areas of Alachua County. The post DOH-Alachua issues mosquito-borne illness advisory appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

The lone action item on the agenda for Tuesday night’s School Board of Alachua County (SBAC) meeting was the renewal of 2026 insurance rates. While addressing the board, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources Deborah Terry said in the past, the Alachua County School District’s Insurance Committee “would...

Jermaya Lavaghn Richardson, 32, was arrested last night for intentionally setting her apartment on fire. The post Gainesville woman arrested for intentionally setting her apartment on fire appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .