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STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man convicted of raping and killing his neighbor decades ago was put to death Tuesday evening in a record 15th execution in Florida this year. Norman Mearle Grim Jr. , 65, was pronounced dead following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. He was convicted of sexual...

A Gainesville woman was arrested after attacking some Good Samaritans who stopped to help her on the side of the road. A deputy responded to a physical altercation between 37-year-old Jacquelyn Marie Srabian and multiple people on the side of County Road 673 around 10:15 p.m. Sunday, according to an arrest report...

Even supermarkets struggle to pay the bills these days. After the better part of a century in business, a southeastern food retailer is shutting down.

Florida quarterback DJ Lagway provided the Gators another distraction ahead of their matchup with Georgia this weekend.

An unfunded mandate occurs when the state or federal government requires counties to provide certain programs or services but doesn't provide enough, or any, funding to pay for them. These unfunded mandates quietly drain millions from Alachua County's general fund. The post Cents & Sensibility Chapter 4: Unfunded...

“Rain is temporary, punk is forever,” read a notification from the Fest 23 app. Though the final day of the festival was ridden with stormy weather, nothing could deter the tattooed troops from Gainesville’s annual three-day punk festival. Hundreds of fans lined up first thing Friday afternoon, wrapping...

Members of Alachua County NAACP and the Visionaires are hosting a town hall meeting on Tuesday to discuss the upcoming November referendum.

OCALA, Fla. (CBS12) — It was a quiet afternoon in a central Florida neighborhood, until one man decided to rev things up in the wrong way. The Marion County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) said on October 24, around 12:30 p.m., a bold thief was caught on camera helping himself to a red 1991 Yamaha Banshee that didn’t belong...

OCALA, FL (352today.com) – A Port St. Lucie man was arrested by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and charged with four felonies, including domestic battery by strangulation and kidnapping, false imprisonment, with the crimes going on for nearly three hours, on Oct. 23 and Oct. 24, at the residence of the victim in...

A restaurant in Orange Lake was temporarily closed for one day last week after a health inspector cited the organization for over a dozen violations, including the presence of rodent droppings. Georgie’s Lakeside Restaurant and Lounge was forced to temporarily close its location at 5051 NW 191st Place in Orange...