Gainesville FL

Among those arrested were six foreign nationals who were flagged with detainers by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

There’s something magical about finding a restaurant that feels like it was plucked straight from a novel – and in the case of The Yearling Restaurant in Hawthorne, Florida, that’s literally what happened. Nestled among the moss-draped oaks and cypress trees of rural North Central Florida, this...

FLORIDA — The Marion County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Wednesday morning in the 17800 block of SE 21st Court. Deputies responded to the scene following reports of a shooting and found a man with a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities have not released...

Alachua County is beginning the preliminary design to widen a section of Archer Road from Tower Road to Parker Road, a long-sought project aimed at easing traffic congestion and supporting economic growth in and around the City of Archer. The post Alachua County begins design phase to help widen Archer Road to four...

An Ocala woman has been charged with animal cruelty after her 17-year-old horse was found on a local farm in a “severely malnourished” state before a vet recommended it be euthanized. On Wednesday, July 23, a civilian agricultural investigator with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office responded to a...

An Ocklawaha man was arrested for battery after allegedly shoving his wife during an argument that started over her visit to a neighbor’s house. A deputy responded to a domestic disturbance at 18823 SE 92nd Lane, Ocklawaha, at 10:10 p.m. Sunday, according to an arrest report from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office....

A 36-year-old convicted felon accused of leading law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase pleaded no contest in a Marion County courtroom, just minutes before his trial was set to begin. On Thursday, July 17, Jeremy Donye Walker entered a plea in court shortly before jurors were scheduled to hear...

MICANOPY, Fla. (WCJB) - Officials say three children were hurt in a traffic crash on Interstate 75 in Alachua County. Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies say they responded to the crash at I-75 North near mile marker 374, just south of the Micanopy Exit. Two vehicles were involved in the...

Manhattan Gyros and Subs, a local restaurant in Gainesville, Alachua County, recorded 33 violations during a July 14 Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation inspection that resulted in an administrative complaint recommendation and follow-up inspection requirement. The restaurant at 490 NE 23 Ave...

On Friday, a jury convicted Dallvion Jarrell Parker, 31, of two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder, in addition to one count of evidence tampering, following a four-day trial. Judge James Colaw sentenced him to life in prison. On February 10, 2023, police in Michigan,...