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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A bald eagle was released on Thursday after Gainesville police rescued the bird from a dumpster this month. Officers say the eagle was recovering at the Nature World Wildlife Rescue Sanctuary in Citrus County over the past few weeks. She was found injured near the Jiffy...

Gainesville city commissioners voted unanimously for the Gainesville Housing Authority and the city to pursue a Choice Neighborhoods Implementation grant of up to $26 million to redevelop Lake Terrace Apartments and revitalize the surrounding East University Choice Neighborhood area. Calling it a new day in east...

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Chanda Demetria Lorick, 40, and Major Wilfork III, 44, were arrested last night after allegedly battering deputies who responded to Wilfork's report of a burglary. The post Pair arrested for battery on deputies who refused to remove juvenile from their home appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

Christopher Xavier Tyson, 50, was arrested early this morning for allegedly racking his gun as a neighbor walked by, causing the neighbor to fear for his safety. The post Gainesville man arrested for racking his gun as a neighbor walked by appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

In a social media post, Rep. Alex Andrade (R-Pensacola) criticized Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier for supplementing his nearly $150,000 yearly salary with a lucrative $100,000 gig as an adjunct law professor at the University of Florida (UF). The gig requires that he teach for two hours a week. "The...

The owners of an Ocala horse rescue and sanctuary have been ordered by a local judge to pay over $90,000 to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office for costs associated with the care of over 70 emaciated horses that were seized in November. Marion County Court records show that on...

Speed ticketing cameras are coming to some school zones across Gainesville within the next few weeks, the first moves in a broader project intended to discourage drivers from racing past students during school hours. The first cameras are expected to go live within weeks near Lincoln Middle and Talbot Elementary,...

CITRA, Fla. (WCJB) - Marion County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the death of a young girl in Citra on Thursday as a homicide. Sheriff’s deputies say they responded to a home on Northeast 44th Avenue in Citra at noon, where a child was found unresponsive. The girl was taken to the hospital, where she died.

Alachua County is reviewing two developments on Archer Road aiming to increase multi-family residential units by 75% on an 8-acre parcel. The Covefield LLC project requests rezoning from single-family to multi-family residential, allowing an increase from 64 to 112 units. A 1.2-acre parcel owned by Kanapaha...