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Another pedestrian was killed on a Marion County roadway on Saturday morning, marking the 17th pedestrian death and fifth hit-and-run fatality from approximately 1,000 local hit-and-run accidents this year. The fatal accident occurred near the intersection of U.S. Highway 441 and SE 135th Street in Summerfield on...

The Veterans Day holiday will not affect residential curbside collection service for solid waste, recycling, and yard trash. The regular schedule for these services will occur on Tuesday. The post Alachua County closings and waste collection for Veterans Day appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A University of Florida dining hall employee was arrested Friday after police say he brought a firearm on campus. UFPD officers say surveillance camera footage shows Kenyata McCoy, 21, entering the restroom in the Broward Dining Facility, where he worked as a dishwasher, just after midnight.

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - Marion County commissioners are proclaiming November of this year as “Family Caregivers Appreciation Month.”. Officials made the announcement during their Tuesday meeting, while recognizing the group “Meadow-Brook Church Caregivers” for their work. County leaders hosted an event Saturday morning...

Florida has benched starting quarterback DJ Lagway in a game against Kentucky. Lagway did not appear to be injured but was struggling mightily in the contest. The second-year quarterback had gone just 11-of-19 passing for 83 yards and a touchdown, but he had thrown three interceptions. He previously had a game...

A local man has filed a lawsuit against a Dollar General in Marion County for injuries that he allegedly sustained after slipping and falling on rainwater on the floor of the store, marking at least the sixth slip-and-fall lawsuit filed against the dollar store chain this year. David Sneller filed...

A GPD detective wrote that Ealum-Morgan's "normal MO is to go in a line of the same stores in Butler Plaza, including Best Buy. [Ealum-Morgan] will wear a very large tote bag and use it to steal from each store, in a line, before ending up at [the pawn shop], which is right outside of Butler Plaza." The post...

Stokes kicks off her tour in Gainesville on Friday, Nov. 7, at Baby J's. For locals wanting to hear Right Where I Belong live, she'll be back on an Orlando stage on Nov. 29 at Lil Indie's with her full band. The post Orlando singer-songwriter Hannah Stokes heads out on tour promoting new album appeared first on...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - UF Health Shands has a lawsuit on its hands over the death of a two-year-old boy. Family members of De’markus Jeremiah Page say Shands staffers gave the child a deadly dose of potassium phosphate and didn’t notice he went into cardiac arrest. The family...

The incident happened in Bradford County at 367 Southeast 82nd Street.