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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Officers warned residents to avoid downtown Gainesville due to a protest blocking travel on Friday evening. The march ended at Bo Diddley Plaza shortly after 5 p.m. Gainesville Police Department officers said the protest temporarily disrupted travel on University Avenue near the downtown...

ORLANDO, Fla. - A Marion County sheriff’s deputy plans to file a civil lawsuit after he was arrested by fellow deputies, an incident his attorney says violated his constitutional rights. Deputy Jeremiah Ricketts was arrested in December at his home in Lake County. The backstory:. Jeremiah Ricketts, a deputy...

The drive-thru coffee boom in Marion County has officially reached a new milestone with the arrival of 7-Brew Coffee, which recently opened its first location in the county in Belleview. Located at 5530 SE Abshier Boulevard, the new 7-Brew Coffee began serving customers in mid-January. Following a soft opening...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Eleven dogs got a second chance at comfort and safety this week after being moved from a rural shelter in Union County to the Humane Society of Broward County, just ahead of a drastic cold front expected to bring below-freezing temperatures to parts of the state.

A Summerfield woman was arrested on a warrant Wednesday for allegedly battering her soon-to-be ex-husband. On the night of Jan. 11, a deputy responded to a domestic battery involving 39-year-old Courtney Garcia at her home in Summerfield, according to an arrest report from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. Upon...

A new federal report from the U.S. Census Bureau suggests housing costs for many American homeowners remained flat over the last five plus years, while data for Marion County reflects a steeper climb. When comparing the American Community Survey results for the 2020-2024 against the prior 2015-2019 period, Marion...

The Alachua County Commission voted 3-1 on Jan. 27 to enter a sublease agreement with the University of Florida for the county’s future animal shelter. With Commissioner Charles “Chuck” Chestnut IV absent, the approved $1 million lease will last 30 years. Interim Animal Resources Director Gina Peebles presented two...

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – A Silver Alert has been issued for a 90-year-old man reported missing out of Marion County, according to the sheriff’s office. Richard Payne encountered Georgia law enforcement on Thursday and told them he was traveling to Michigan, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release....

The NWS comments, "Dangerously cold wind chills as low as 7 degrees above possible." The National Weather Service issued an extreme cold watch at 11:02 a.m. on Thursday valid from Saturday 7 p.m. until Sunday 1 p.m. The watch is for Inland Nassau, Eastern Hamilton, Eastern Alachua, Western Hamilton, Trout River,...

BELL, Fla. (WCJB) - Gilchrist County Sheriff’s deputies say a man with an outstanding warrant from southwest Florida is in jail in our area on drug charges. Deputies say Corbet James O’Conners, 37, of Bradenton had more than 40 grams of fentanyl Tuesday. Deputies were responding to a...