Gainesville FL

A Gainesville man was shot multiple times inside a Walmart during a confrontation with a former employee. His wife and children witnessed the shooting, and he remains hospitalized with serious spinal injuries.

GPD's Public Information Officer position has been vacant since January, but an experienced PIO will soon be stepping in - former Alachua County Sheriff's Office PIO Art Forgey. The post Former ASO PIO Art Forgey to take the same role at GPD appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

A man facing one count of aggravated assault and two counts of drug possession was granted a reduced bond last week. Alachua County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) deputies arrested David Christ Brown, 62, on March 18 after the victim reported he threatened her with a wooden fence post. According to...

A man with a suspended license was arrested after running a stop sign near a gas station in Summerfield. An officer observed a blue Dodge Dakota traveling westbound in the area of southeast SE Hwy. 42 and south U.S. Hwy. 441 in Summerfield at around 9:15 p.m. Wednesday, according to an arrest report from the Marion...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - TV20 spoke with one of the victims of a head-on crash that killed one person and seriously injured three others over the weekend. Jessica Harwell says she was traveling with her 14-year-old daughter and 61-year-old stepfather when the collision happened between Newberry and Alachua Sunday...

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — An Army combat veteran whose Gulf War experience triggered severe mental problems was executed Thursday evening in Florida for the 1998 shotgun slayings of his girlfriend and her three young children. Jeffrey Hutchinson, 62, was pronounced dead at 8:15 p.m. following a lethal injection at...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Workers with Green For Life (GFL) Environmental, a waste collection company, took a break from their usual routines on Thursday in Gainesville to celebrate a big honor. Wilford Cooper, “Coop,” a truck driver who works in Alachua County, was named an honorable mention for the National...

Action News Jax is looking into the impacts as one local town is losing one of its biggest employers.

The Kentucky Derby will be held May 3 at Churchill Downs in Kentucky. As usual, multiple horses in the field have Ocala or Marion County connections. Has any horse with Marion County ties won the Kentucky Derby? Yes. To name two: In 2024, Mystik Dan which was trained at Silverleaf Hills Training Center, won the Run...

At least half of the horses competing in the 2025 Kentucky Derby have ties to Marion County, including all three of the horses favored to win. According to The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ & Owners’ Association, around 10 of the 20 horses competing in the race have connections to Ocala or other parts of Marion...