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SILVER SPRINGS, Fla. (WCJB) - Marion County Fire Rescue crews put out a semi-truck fire Tuesday afternoon. MCFR officials say crews responded to the 20000 block of East Highway 40 in Silver Springs just after 3 p.m. to reports of a vehicle on fire. Crews arrived to find a semi-truck...

Travis Ramone Pinder 35, of Ocala, has been sentenced to nine months in jail, followed by four years of probation, after entering a plea of nolo contendere to child abuse without great bodily harm. The post Ocala man sentenced to 9 months in jail for hitting juvenile with gun, tearing off part of his ear appeared...

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man was executed Tuesday evening for killing a young mother who frantically called 911 from her attacker's cellphone while tied up in his car. Michael Lee King, 54, was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m. following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. He had been...

At a joint meeting between the Gainesville City Commission and the Alachua County Commission on March 9, commissioners heard an update on the GCRA and discussed the future of jointly-funded projects on the east side of Gainesville. The post City and County Commissioners discuss future of GCRA, east side development...

After Monday’s thunderstorm hit, Bradford County officials are urging anyone who had damage to their home or business to let them know.

Angelo Rodriguez, 27, was arrested early yesterday morning after he was rescued from a pickup truck that was partially submerged in Lake Alice. The post Man arrested on DUI charge after driving truck into Lake Alice appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

ALACHUA COUNTY, Florida – A 42-year-old man with a criminal history was arrested Sunday night after deputies say he assaulted a pregnant woman during a robbery in Hawthorne. During the evening hours of March 15, 2026, deputies responded to a residence in the 22000 block of Southeast 65th Lane following The post...

MARION COUNTY, Fla. (WCJB) - County leaders have lifted a mandatory burn ban that had been in effect since early last month, citing current weather conditions and improved environmental factors. A voluntary burn ban remains in effect.

St. Francis House will permanently close its downtown shelter and service center by mid-April to sell the building and stabilize finances. The nonprofit will stop its Day Services Program and emergency shelter at the downtown location in 2024 while continuing services at Arbor House. St. Francis House sold its...

RAIFORD — Grace Hanna and Father Phil Egitto were outside the Florida State Prison on a chilly Tuesday before the execution of Michael Lee King.