Gainesville FL

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Officers arrested 18-year-old Sierra Lindberg, of Sarasota, at 12:39 a.m. on Saturday after she got into a physical altercation with three people, including an employee at UF Plaza, Saturday morning. Officers say the string of violence began when Lindberg got into a fight with two female...

Tuesday evening, Christian Evangelist Baptist Preacher Will Graham hosted an event in Gainesville as part of his Florida “Sunshine State Good News” tour. Will Graham is the grandson of Billy Graham, a famous pastor who passed in 2018. Will Graham is the third in the Graham lineage to preach under the banner of the...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Members of a Gainesville non-profit are celebrating a new installment in their mission to help feed people in need. Officials with Catholic Charities of Gainesville say they put in a new walk-in cooler and freezer. They say the project was made possible through the support and...

Judge George Wright denied a last-minute motion from the Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) Authority Board to block a referendum aiming to return control of the utility to the city commission.

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – After a Kentucky man who fatally stabbed a 6-year-old was released from prison early and moved to Central Florida, the state’s attorney general is now pushing for changes to the state’s “insanity defense.”. The attorney general’s office revealed that the man —...

Alachua County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) detectives are investigating a shooting that took place at Majestic Oaks Apartments on Tuesday night in Gainesville. According to an ACSO press release, ACSO deputies responded to 5800 SW 20th Ave. in reference to an armed disturbance. Upon arrival, deputies also learned that a...

Darius Dwayne Stackhouse, Jr., 23, was arrested yesterday for possession of marijuana with intent to sell; he is on probation and is also facing charges of drug and marijuana possession from a traffic stop on October 19. The post Newberry man on probation charged with intent to sell drugs, 11 days after a different...

A man presently serving prison time for violent crimes has been sentenced to more years behind bars for a separate offense. Here's what we know about that and other cases considered at the Marion County Judicial Center the week of Oct. 20. State v. Leo McFatten Judge: Circuit Judge Robert Hodges. Lawyers: Assistant...

The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office announced they conducted a high-risk traffic stop that led to a man’s arrest on Tuesday.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - More than 30 people have died in the Caribbean due to Hurricane Melissa, which struck Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane. Jamaica faced the worst of the storm, with at least 8 fatalities and more than 70% of the country left without power. Victoria Samuels, a...