Police arrested two Gainesville men Monday in relation to back-to-back drive-by shootings that occurred hours after the Fourth of July.
With a lawyer by his side, State Sen. Keith Perry took the floor of a Tuesday morning county commission meeting as “Citizen Perry” to make one request.
A deputy of nearly 20 years with the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office was fired Thursday after an investigation into allegations of criminal conduct and child abuse.
Instead of arresting a shoplifter at a Publix in southwest Gainesville on Sunday, an Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputy paid the balance of the stolen items — and let the man go.
Police arrested a convicted felon Friday after he admitted to accidentally shooting a man while drunk in his house two weeks ago.
Evelyn Foxx’s early-morning walks with her friend Meg usually go uninterrupted, but Monday morning she stepped outside her house to a crumpled-up Confederate flag on her property.
Gainesville’s Martin Luther King Jr. Multipurpose Center will serve as a hurricane shelter in 2018.
To ward off bad spirits and keep her group protected, third-generation water carrier and 11-year-old Lily Smith smudged guests with sage at a Wednesday night water ceremony at Depot Park, located at 200 SE Depot Ave.
A Dunnellon man and woman were arrested Sunday after police said they stole more than $150 worth of clothing from Wal-Mart and resisted arrest.
CodeRED is shutting down June 30, and AlertAlachua will become the primary emergency notification system for Alachua County.
A homeless woman was arrested last week after police said she attacked two employees at the checkout line of Ross Stores.
After more than half a year of searching for a new superintendent for Alachua County Public Schools, some community members are unhappy with the outcome.
After more than 100 nameless years, a historic lion statue in Gainesville has been given a name.
More than 120 active wildfires burned throughout Florida on Friday morning.
Five suspects have been identified in connection with the July 2016 killing of Antonio Mason and the nonfatal shooting of his infant daughter, Gainesville Police announced Tuesday.
Nine days after working out for NFL scouts at Florida’s Pro Day, former Florida linebacker Daniel McMillian was booked in Alachua County Jail on Thursday night.
In Jonny Howard’s backyard, a 50-gallon barrel is catching raindrops off his rooftop.
Alachua County launched a smartphone app that could make communicating with the county easier.
Alachua County waters are not meeting standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency, so the county is implementing a fertilizer ban to improve them, a county official said.
UF researchers and local institutions have teamed up to launch a study on racial inequity in Alachua County.
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