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Quentin Neatedrick Black, 22, was arrested today and charged with attempted first degree murder in the May 14 shooting of Louis Andrew Martin, Jr. Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the corner of SW 67th Terrace and SW 4th Place at 5:40 p.m. on May 14 after receiving reports of gunshots and a person who had been shot. Deputies found Martin with several gunshots to his torso and immediately transported him to UF Health Shands with life-threatening wounds.

When a Gainesville mother of three children was tired of paying for housing she’d never own, she decided to apply for a program that seeks to “put God’s love in action.” A year and five months later, she’s now a proud homeowner. Jasmie Cooper, 33, happily received the keys to her new home...

Alachua County — Florida Highway Patrol troopers arrest a man on I-75 near Micanopy, and they charge him with human smuggling. Troopers arrested 29-year-old David Ramirez Ayuso around 11:30 AM Tuesday, according to an arrest report. Troopers wrote they stopped his car on the highway for a window tint...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A Gainesville man is in jail after officers say he was in possession of illegal substances and a gun. According to Gainesville Police Department reports, 24-year-old Calvin Bradley was arrested yesterday evening after he fled the scene of a trespassing call. After Bradley was caught by...

NEWBERRY, Fla. (WCJB) - Evelyn McGehee Etheredge is celebrating her 100th birthday!. Evelyn started her career as a home economics instructor and eventually retired from working as a 2nd-grade teacher, following a 35-year career. She was married to local farmer and WWll vet, B.T. Etheredge, for 50 years. They had...

At Santa Fe High School, being at the top of their graduating classes is a family affair—or rather, a ‘families’ affair—for two current and two past students. Rylie Tam has been named the school’s 2022 valedictorian, while Megan Walls is this year’s salutatorian. Earning those tops spots is certainly a significant achievement. But what makes them even more noteworthy is that just two years ago, Rylie’s older brother Ethan was the school’s valedictorian, while Megan’s sister Lacey was the salutatorian.

The Wisconsin Badgers softball team is getting ready for their opening game of the NCAA Tournament against Georgia Tech at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium in Gainesville, Fla. on Friday at 1 p.m. CT (ESPNU), so we thought it would be a good idea to compile some information on the Yellow Jackets. While doing that it struck us...why don’t we also compile some info on the Gators and the Golden Griffins, whom the Badgers may play in the double-elimination opening round of the tourney.

The very popular and much anticipated Free Fridays Concert Series returned to downtown Gainesville on May 6 and will continue to highlight local and regional artists each Friday evening through Oct. 21 at the Bo Diddley Plaza at 111 East University Ave. Nigel Hamm, Bo Diddley Plaza coordinator for Parks...

A pair of area baseball teams are playing today in their first final four in school history, but it will take wins against the top two teams in the state to advance to Thursday’s state championship game. This afternoon at 4 p.m. the Dixie County (Cross City) baseball team...

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Residents will learn how to better manage their energy use during an outreach event billed as "GRU in the Neighborhood" that will be hosted by officials from Gainesville Regional Utilities. The next "GRU in the Neighborhood" event will be held at 6 p.m. May 31 at DaySpring Baptist Church, 1945...

Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day, will be celebrated in various ways in Gainesville throughout the next month. President Joe Biden signed a bill last year officially designating June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day, which is a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. The...

The former Florida Gators head coach has landed on his feet, in Bulldog Country.

With the increase of violent crimes in Gainesville, the police department is looking at ways to keep the community safe. To do that, last year, GPD launched the Nspire Interrupters program. “There's 3 prongs to this particular program," John Alexander, director of the Youth and Community Relations Bureau at GPD...

FORT MYERS, Fla. (WCJB) -The baseball programs at Dixie County and Fort White High Schools made history by advancing to the state semifinals for the first time. As it turns out, their stay was brief. Dixie County fell to Bozeman, 8-4 while Fort White lost to Holmes County, 4-1 on...

Gainesville resident, Susan Folks, was reunited with her 11-year-old dog, Bella, yesterday after she was rescued by the Gainesville Police Department (GPD) over the weekend. The pup was originally found by GPD officers on Saturday, May 14th, about a mile from here home, struggling to stay afloat in the Hogtown Creek.

The second game of a home-and-home series between the Florida Gators and UConn Huskies is set for December 7 in Gainesville.

FORT MYERS — Adversity has been shy around Fort White baseball this season.  The Indians started the season to a rocky 1-4 start, but righted the ship with a 12-game win streak.  Later in the season, Fort White lost the District 6-1A title game to Union County, which put its chance at a state-tournament berth...

The Alachua County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) held a joint meeting with the Hawthorne City Commission on Tuesday evening to discuss local priorities like wastewater facilities and opioid programs. Both commissions stressed collaboration moving forward and finding new ways to help each other. One of Hawthorne’s biggest projects would...