Gainesville FL

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Itionna Lajancia Nyjah Thompkins, 24, a jail inmate, has been charged with attacking another inmate in their pod’s shower room. According to the responding Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputy, at about 8:15 p.m. on October 13, Thompkins approached the victim in the shower room of their housing pod,...

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of the 1996 killings of two women whose bodies were left in a rural pond was put to death Tuesday evening in a record 14th execution in Florida this year. Samuel Lee Smithers , 72, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke....

GAINESVILLE, Florida – The Florida Lottery announced that Joseph Demaio, 50, of Lake City, claimed a $500,000 prize from the $500,000 CASH BLOWOUT Scratch-Off game at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee on September 17. The Columbia County man chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of...

Archer interim City Manager Deanna Alltop refuted allegations on Monday that she retaliated against former City Commissioner Joan White and failed to break up an altercation between White and another employee last month, leaving some citizens wanting a public hearing to straighten out the back-and-forth claims....

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - A grand theft auto suspect arrested after being found with brass knuckles while being a convicted felon. Bobby Gordon, 54, is out on bond after spending three days in the Marion County Jail. Deputies arrested him Friday, after they conducted a warrant check at a home...

At the October 9 General Policy Committee meeting, the Gainesville City Commission agreed to sell the stadium land to the School Board and prioritized building a competition pool, aquatics center, and multi-purpose fields on the 8th & Waldo property. The post Gainesville City Commission agrees to sell stadium land...

Santa Fe College (SF) was recently awarded a $1.57 million grant through the Workforce Development Capitalization Incentive Grant Program (Workforce CAP) that will help prepare and expand engineering technology training into rural parts of Alachua and Bradford counties. According to an SF College press release,...

A property owner who rezoned a 4.62-acre site in northeast Ocala to build a 36-unit townhome development multiple years ago has asked the county for more time to develop the site. An extension request for the major site plan associated with Summer Breeze Town Homes was introduced to the Marion...

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – A 17-year-old boy accused of faking an abduction that sparked an Amber Alert last month has been arrested, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office on Tuesday announced Caden Speight’s arrest. He faces charges of presenting false evidence, shooting into a...

Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods joined FOX 35's Good Day Orlando to talk about the parole release of Ronald Exantus and Exantus' arrest in Florida. Exantus was released in early October from Kentucky prison, outraging many. He was arrested in Florida for failing to register as a convicted felon. Exantus was accused...