Gainesville FL

At their September 23 meeting, the Alachua County Commission heard a presentation from a consultant about changes to their Court Services Department and asked for more engagement with stakeholders before adopting the recommendations. The post Alachua County Commission hears report on recommended changes to Court...

The Gainesville City Commission discussed changes to public encampment ordinances during a Thursday General Policy Committee meeting. Florida HB 1365 went into effect in October 2024, calling on local governments to ban camping or sleeping on public property. The city created its ordinance two months later in...

A 24-year-old man died Wednesday morning after his car slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer on Southwest County Road 227 in Bradford County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Troopers said the semi was turning right onto SW CR 227 from a private logging road driveway west of SW 70th...

OCKLAWAHA, Fla. (WCJB) - UPDATE: Marion County sheriff’s deputies say a man considered missing and endangered has been found safe. Officials made the annoucement around 8 a.m. Thursday. They say that 72-year-old Timothy Madison was last seen in Ocklawaha around 7 a.m. Wednesday at The Refuge, a mental health...

OCALA, Fla. — The Marion County Sheriff's Office is working on a plan to add additional firearm detection dogs that can be deployed on school campuses. The Sheriff’s Office currently has two firearm detection dogs that are trained to sniff out firearms, bullets, gun oil, and black powder. They work alongside school...

The United States Department of Veterans Affairs is considering three different locations for the construction of a new outpatient clinic, including one potential site in Marion County. According to a report by Villages-News.com, the U.S. Department Veterans Affairs recently stated its intention to build a new...

Elizabeth Monet Justiss, 39, was arrested yesterday and charged with child neglect with great bodily harm after allegedly taking drugs two days before giving birth and abandoning her baby in the hospital. The post Woman on probation arrested for child neglect for taking drugs two days before giving birth, abandoning...

As a rare, native, central Floridian and horse woman, I deeply grieve the urbanization of Marion County. At what cost is the loss of open space, cross-country tracks, pasture lands, and time spent without traffic gridlock?. The Marion County Planning & Zoning Commission & the Marion County Board of County...

Gainesville Police Department (GPD) officers arrested John William Keithley, 41, Monday and charged him with misdemeanor domestic battery. The victim was traveling to Gainesville for a doctor’s appointment. According to the arrest report, Keithley “doesn’t allow her to leave the house without him, so he was riding...

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - Parents are calling for a substitute teacher to be arrested after students say she hit them and used foul language in a fourth-grade classroom in Marion County. On Wednesday afternoon, Diana Elysee, the principal of South Ocala Elementary School, sent a message to parents alerting them...