Gainesville FL

A black woman’s regular day at work turned into a nightmare when a white man held her against her will in Florida. Jakara Wilson, a Kroger delivery woman, was on her way to deliver an order when her company van’s tires got trapped in mud after she took a wrong turn in the town of Altoona in Marion […]

A Florida man allegedly doused his wife in gasoline and set himself and their home on fire after she asked for a divorce, authorities said. "If I die, we both gonna die," he told her as she sat in bed scrolling through Facebook on her phone. Alfonza Green, 51, stands...

CLEARWATER, Fla. – A Gainesville man will spend more than a decade behind bars for a 2023 armed hold-up at a Clearwater convenience store, where suspects were caught on camera hunting for a safe they never found. U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland has sentenced Jhakheem Smith, 26, to...

A school bus carrying 46 students was involved in a crash Tuesday.

Body camera footage from a Florida sheriff's office shows the arrest of Debra Newton on Nov. 24. Newton is accused of abducting her daughter in 1983.

Williston city leaders paved the way for a city-owned internet provider to be available in the early months of 2026.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Multiple agencies teamed up for a week-long operation to arrest people accused of stealing from stores in Alachua County. Sheriff’s deputies, Gainesville police, and retail loss prevention officers started the week-long operation on Dec. 5. They arrested six adults and a minor. One of the...

Dean Allen Harper, 55, was arrested yesterday on drug and firearm charges; when he was pulled over on November 21, he reportedly had a rifle with a rapid-fire trigger and a pistol with a homemade silencer in his vehicle, along with a book containing instructions for making bombs. The post Gainesville man arrested on...

Charles Thomas Smith, 22, of Williston, was arrested yesterday for allegedly breaking into a home in Micanopy and stealing three firearms. The post Williston man arrested for armed burglary in Micanopy appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

STARKE, Fla. – A family has filed a lawsuit against Florida Youth Challenge Academy following the death of their teenage daughter, alleging the organization failed to provide proper mental health care and supervision. The lawsuit claimed the academy was aware of the teen’s mental health challenges and propensity for...