Gainesville FL

Reggette Mikeya Bell, 31, was arrested last night for driving under the influence; while being transported to the jail, she allegedly said she would put "100 thousand dollars" on the officer's head if he did not take her home. The post Gainesville woman arrested for DUI and threatening to put $100k bounty on police...

THE VILLAGES, Fla. - A three-year-old girl who went missing from Kentucky was found under a new name and in a different state 40 years later. Michelle Newton – born in 1983 – reportedly vanished out of Louisville, Ky. when she was three years old. The backstory:. On...

MARION COUNTY, FL (352today.com) – On Saturday, December 13, 2025, Marion County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) Sergeant Jordyn Batts arrested 20-year-old Christopher Collins Jr. (B/M, DOB: 01/18/2005) for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, and two counts of Robbery with a...

For more than 20 years, Dave Goboff has carried his puppetry from New York to Weston, Florida, and now to Gainesville. Through his company Simply Puppets, he creates shows and crafting workshops for audiences of all ages. Goboff studied fine arts at Adelphi University and worked a wide range of hands-on jobs before...

Gainesville business owners have lost tens of thousands of dollars in the past year following nearly identical lawsuits filed by local resident Makeda Evans. Evans, 33, has sued 43 businesses with Alachua County locations, claiming their websites failed to abide by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). She has...

Here's a look back at some of the restaurants that opened in and around Gainesville in 2025. Another Broken Egg Cafe 3265 SW 34th St., Suite 3, Gainesville; 352-554-6151; anotherbrokenegg.com Another Broken Egg opened in January and offers Southern-inspired breakfast and lunch cuisine in the in the University Town...

I moved to Marion County from South Florida three years ago. At the time, I didn’t see a problem with traffic here, only around the entry to I-75, naturally so. But the traffic on State Road 200 is ridiculous. I have to travel on there to get to the businesses there. There are aggressive drivers and then those that...

The Marion County Board of County Commissioners will decide the fate of a proposed 72-home development in Ocala during its regular meeting on Tuesday. The project, Capozolli Hills, is planned for a 19.62-acre site at 7325 SW 80th Street, less than a mile west of the busy intersection of State Road 200 and SW 60th...

GAINESVILLE, FL – Gainesville police arrested a woman Sunday afternoon after she allegedly retrieved a handgun and became confrontational during a vehicle repossession. Just after 1:45 p.m. on Sunday, December 15, Gainesville police officers responded to an armed disturbance in the 1000 block of Southwest 16th...

A freeze warning is in force tonight and Monday morning across northeast Florida and southeast Georgia, with temperatures anticipated to drop as low as 24 degrees by 1 a.m., according to the National Weather Service in Jacksonville. The Freeze Warning and associated Cold Weather Advisory are in effect from 1...