Gainesville FL

The city of Gainesville converted several streets near UF’s main campus into one-way pairs in January. West 10th Street and West 12th Street, between Southwest Eighth Avenue and Northwest Eighth Avenue, now operate as one-ways to improve safety for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians along these busy corridors. The...

Sheriff Blasts Out Warning On Local Predator John Stapleton. Bradford County Sheriff Gordon Smith took to Facebook on Tuesday to name John Stapleton as this week’s “Sexual Predator of the Week,” putting neighbors on notice that a registered predator lives in the community. The brief post pointed residents to state...

OCALA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Marion County Sheriff’s office said it needs help identifying three people that broke into an Ocala smoke shop on Feb. 9 after they stole $2,000 worth of merchandise. These unidentified people broke into Smoke and Toke Tobacco and Vape Store on Highway 200 around 1:40 a.m., according to the...

Kendrick J. Hills Jr., 23, was sentenced to over five years in prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute marijuana and carrying a firearm during a drug-trafficking crime. The post Gainesville man sentenced to federal prison for carrying multiple firearms while selling drugs appeared first...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - The man accused of firing a gun in the Oaks Mall on Valentine’s Day was arrested for illegally possessing a gun. Authorities have released 911 calls and body camera video related to the incident. According to the arrest report for Elijah Williams, 19, he was...

Ashley Elizabeth Williams, 40, has been arrested for leaving the scene of an October accident involving property damage and injury, and she was also charged with possession of drug paraphernalia; at the time of the crash, she was on pre-trial release following an October 2 arrest for driving under the influence in...

Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Mikel Green II, 34, on Sunday and charged him with misdemeanor domestic battery. According to the arrest report, Green jumped on the victim’s back when she was packing her belongings and grabbed her. She also mentioned that Green pushed her when they were walking...

A Gainesville artist known as Mr. Gainesville debuts his new coloring book highlighting his love for the city.

Devone Antonio Lock, 16, and Cameron Katrell Toombs, 18, have been charged as adults with several felonies connected to a downtown shooting last July, when Lock was 15 and Toombs was 17. The post Juveniles charged as adults in downtown shooting incident appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

STARKE, Fla. (WCJB) - Florida’s fourth execution of 2026 is scheduled for March 17 at Florida State Prison near Starke. Michael King is set to die by lethal injection at 6 p.m. He was convicted for the 2008 abduction, rape, and murder of Denise Amber Lee, 21, of Southwest Florida.