Alachua County, FL

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A recently-hired Alachua County Sheriff’s Office Major no longer has a job - for now. The employment of Jim Troiano has been temporarily rescinded. Troiano is a former High Springs Police Chief and Alachua County Lieutenant. His contract with the police department was terminated in 2011...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Tuesday night’s severe thunderstorms led to the death of at least one person. Alachua County Deputies are investigating the death of a Clay Electric worker. Fire rescue officials say the worker died of an apparent electrocution while working in a bucket truck repairing lines, they say...

LEVY COUNTY, Fla. — A manhunt spanning three counties that involved the United State Marshal's Task Force resulted in the arrested of a "violent felon" on Wednesday, according to the Levy County Sheriff's Office. On June 9, deputies responded to reports of an armed burglary in Bronson, according to the...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Alachua County School Board member Diyonne McGraw will keep her vote while the controversy about living outside her home district is sorted out. A circuit court judge has denied a request for an injunction that would have stopped Alachua County School Board member Diyonne McGraw from voting on school board matters.

ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. - Tuesday's storms across Florida caused damage in Alachua County. FOX 35 viewers Bill and Kala Fuhrmann shared some photos with us from the Micanopy area on Williston Road. Damage consisted of down trees, powerlines and a smashed chicken coop. Bill said his granddaughter's treehouse ended up...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) -The debate surrounding Alachua County School Board Member Diyonne McGraw caused tensions to run high at Tuesday’s school board meeting. This was the first time the public and board members were face to face after a lawsuit was filed and Alachua County Circuit Judge Donna Keim denied an emergency injunction. With McGraw able to cast her vote, certain items passed or failed with her vote as the tiebreaker.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) -An Alachua County School District employee said she reported multiple cases of abuse involving 13-year-old Delia Young to the Florida Department of Children and Family Services (DCF). The employee said the system failed Delia. The 13-year-olds remains were found in Northwest Alachua County at the beginning of...

Jenni Van Hart’s high school-aged daughter went from being a straight A student to barely passing every class during the pandemic. “It’s just hard when you’re sitting at home, looking into a screen, you don’t know your classmates,” she said. “It’s been hard as a parent to see her struggle and cry.”

ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. — Alachua County School Board member Diyonne McGraw will continue to be eligible to vote at school board meetings for the time being, a judge ruled on Tuesday. Former District 2 opponent Khanh-Lien Banko, among other plaintiffs, filed a motion requesting a temporary injunction of McGraw's vote.

Alachua County, FL — School districts across the country are anticipating a larger than normal kindergarten class next year because of the pandemic. For mom Ashley Black, she said going to school was always part of her children’s plan, as she put her child in voluntary prekindergarten in preparation for kindergarten next year.

Children of all ages throughout Alachua County will again be fed breakfast and lunch this summer. Thanks to a federally funded food service program that runs from Monday through July 23, children from infants to 18 years old can receive free breakfast and lunch at 93 locations with a multitude of options that include in-person, bus routes, curb side grab and go and the Alachua County School District's food truck, which visits underserved neighborhoods including Hidden Oaks, Majestic Oaks and the Swag Family Resource Center.

Diyonne McGraw's fate as a member of the Alachua County School Board is now in the hands of a judge. In a Zoom hearing interrupted by a badly-timed fire drill, attorney Jeff Childers who represents plaintiffs Kanh-Lien Roberts Banko etal, argued before Circuit Judge Donna Keim that McGraw should be allowed to remain on the board but to cast no votes while the matter is sorted out.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A formal injunction was filed against Alachua County School Board member Diyonne McGraw, insisting she not be allowed to vote on future matters and Monday attorney’s went head to head on the matter. Attorney Jeff Childers also asked that the court file a vacancy for the...

HIGH SPRINGS ‒ Like many small towns, High Springs has a monument honoring local citizens who gave their lives in wartime. Located just west of City Hall on U.S. Highway 27, the monument lists the name of the ones who never returned from World Wars I and II as well as one reserved for as Vietnam vets. World War II hit High Springs hard as 14 young men did not come home out of a town population of 2,000.

HIGH SPRINGS ‒ Poe Springs Park is open again. And tubing, kayaking and barbecuing were just a few ways people spent their Memorial Day weekend at the park’s reopening. The park has endured a series of openings and closings over the past several years to accommodate various improvements and repairs to the facilities.

Alachua County — A judge held a hearing Monday, to consider a request for injunctive relief against Alachua County School Board member Diyonne McGraw. Her former election opponent, Khanh-Lien Banko, and others are suing to have her removed from office, because the Supervisor of Elections says McGraw does not live in the district she was elected to represent.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - The beef industry is a big part of many rural communities. Our friends at the Alachua County Farm Bureau tell us all about it in this week’s Farm Fact. Copyright 2021 WCJB. All rights reserved. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter.

A significant number of students across the country fell behind as ill-equipped school districts attempted to teach them over Zoom and other virtual platforms. WUFT reported “above a third” of students in the Alachua County, Florida district fell behind in what was called coronavirus pandemic-related “learning loss.”. “It’s just hard...

Gainesville, FL — The UF Special Olympics flag football team has been chosen to represent team Florida at the. 2022 USA games in Orlando. “Our athletes are super excited, I mean this is everything for a lot of people," said Evan Combs. The UF Unified flag football team consists of...