Gainesville FL

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) arrested two Gainesville men on Saturday on poaching charges. According to an FWC release, an FWC officer arrested David Brotherton Cunningham, 39, and Nicholas Dean Kirkland, 44, for attempting to take or possess wildlife illegally using a gun and a light....

The Great DeSanitizer paid $83 million to a wealthy campaign donor to purchase 4 acres of beach sand. And a grand jury is looking into whether The Guv used his wife’s charity to launder $10 million that should properly have gone into the state treasury. But none of that...

A 24-year-old Marion County man was arrested following a drunken argument with his fiancée after he allegedly struck her with his car. On Friday, October 3, an eyewitness contacted the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and advised that two individuals – a man and a female victim – were arguing inside a car on E Highway...

Alachua-based Hitchcock’s Markets is poised to sell all 10 of its locations across North Central Florida to various grocery chains, as one purchase was finalized last month and others are pending. The rural community-focused and locally-supplied grocery store and pharmacy currently operates stores in Alachua, East...

Patrick Lendell Green, 49, and Shawanna Latisha Williams, 47, have been charged with drug trafficking after they reportedly referred to drugs in jail phone conversations. The post Hawthorne pair arrested for dealing drugs after allegedly referring to drugs in jail phone conversations appeared first on Alachua...

At 7 years old, Holmes — one of Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo’s white-handed gibbons — is swinging into a new chapter of his life. The long-limbed ape left the teaching zoo Sept. 12 for a zoo accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. AZA-accreditation is a coveted status currently limited to about 250 zoos...

UMATILLA, Fla. (WCJB) - Marion County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man accused of sexually battering a teenage girl after she reported the incident to school officials. According to the arrest report for Donald Gates, 43, the investigation began after the victim brought a note to school sharing the details of the...

The case alleges she she presented a certificate to a student that said he was the most likely to “become a dictator.” The post Florida teacher fights state over ‘dictator’ certificate allegation appeared first on Orlando Weekly .

FOX 13's Mark Skol, Jr. heard from freshman wide receiver Dallas Wilson about his standout game against Texas.

A cluster of telescopes lined the concrete outside of Kika Silva Pla Planetarium, and families leaned in to take peeks at the moon’s craters through their lenses. Strangers chatted to each other about space, and above them a waxing gibbous glowed in between dark strips of clouds. Stargazers across...