Gainesville FL

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - The family of David Barron, the man shot and killed in the Paddock Mall just two days before Christmas in 2023, has filed suit against the mall, its former owners, Washington Prime Group, and Allied Security. “It was tragic, horrific, and we just don’t want anyone...

Keeshay Jamaal Sumpter, 29, was arrested yesterday after he allegedly took an item from O'Reilly Auto Parts, hit an employee with a stick, and ran away with the employee's broken glasses. The post Homeless man arrested for shoplifting, hitting store employee with a stick, and breaking and stealing the employee’s...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Authorities responded to a high school in Gainesville on Thursday after receiving a report of a student with a gun in a classroom; however, no threat was found. School district officials confirm students were secured in their classrooms as Gainesville Police Department officers searched the...

Gainesville’s sole PDQ Chicken is closing this fall after 11 years and will rebrand and reopen as Saucy! by Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). PDQ’s assistant manager, Nicole Hayden, told Mainstreet the restaurant (3403 W University Ave.) got bought by Saucy!, a new fried chicken chain of KFC, and a complete remodel will...

STARKE, Fla. — (AP) — A Florida man convicted of killing his estranged wife's sister and parents and setting their house on fire was put to death Wednesday evening in what was a record 12th execution in the state this year. David Pittman, 63, was pronounced dead at...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A man is in the Marion County jail, accused of pointing a gun at construction workers and threatening to kill them. Sheriff’s deputies say Jeremiah Brooks, 26, was riding a dirt bike in a blocked-off area at the intersection of Pine Road and Pine Radial in Ocala.

For many Gainesville and Alachua County residents the morning and afternoon commute on southwest Archer Road can turn what should be a quick drive into a long one. That reality may end up being a thing of the past with Alachua County beginning the preliminary design to expand 3.84 miles of Archer road from Southwest...

MARION COUNTY, Fla. - A Florida dirt bike rider was arrested on Tuesday after he allegedly pulled a gun on a road worker in Marion County. Deputies with the Marion County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) said they responded to a call of a man pointing a gun at a group of workers doing construction.

OCALA, FL (352today.com) – Authorities are asking for the public’s help identifying two suspects accused of stealing about $1,560 worth of lumber from a construction site in the Pioneer Ranch development earlier this month. The theft occurred Sept. 1 at 8676 SW 68th Terrace Road, according to the...

OCALA, Fla. (CBS12) — An Ocala woman was sentenced on September 16 after a felony conviction for lewd or lascivious battery on her stepson after his father caught them in the act. The arrest affidavit from the Marion County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) said 34-year-old Alexis Von Yates — also...