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MELROSE, Fla. (WCJB) - A man from Melrose is headed to the Florida state prison in Raiford after being sentenced to death after he was found guilty of murdering two young boys. On Friday, Judge McGillin upheld a jury’s death penalty recommendation for Mark Wilson after he was found guilty...

An inmate at the Alachua County Jail died while in custody Thursday, the sheriff's office confirmed. Marcus Goodman, a 32-year-old Gainesville resident, was pronounced just a few hours after a court hearing. The cause of death is currently unknown. A spokesman for the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office said the Florida Department of Law Enforcement...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Alachua County Sheriff’s Office officials confirm an inmate has died while in custody at the Alachua County Jail. Sheriff’s office officials say Thursday at 2:56 p.m. an inmate named Marcus Goodman, 32, experienced a “medical emergency” and died. Officials say the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is conducting an investigation into the cause of the inmate’s death.

The booking report is provided by the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office Department of the Jail. This information is public record and copied directly from the log. Mugshots are included when available. The charges listed are at the time of arrest and are only accusations. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. For more details on a specific inmate use the Sheriff’s Office inmate search (for inmates currently at the jail). More specific information on charges is available by searching court records.

It is a question that has perplexed Gainesville residents for nearly a decade − one that just won't go away. "Is east Gainesville getting a Golden Corral?" The topic was once again brought up at a recent joint Alachua County-Gainesville commission meeting where officials discussed food insecurity in east Gainesville, a part of the...

Gainesville's premier psychiatric and substance abuse hospital has been fined by the U.S. Department of Labor following an investigation that found the facility failed to protect some employees from workplace violence and serious injuries, according to a news release from the department. University of Florida Health Shands Psychiatric Hospital officials...

HAMPTON, Fla. (WCJB) - UPDATE: All units have been released at this time. There will be smoke in the area during the morning hours on Thursday. Firefighters responded to a fire that broke out in a Bradford County neighborhood on Wednesday afternoon. Bradford County Fire Rescue crews were dispatched to...

Gainesville’s Corridor Walks finished Thursday after taking six groups up and down the intersection of University Avenue and 13th Street, but the Project Development & Environmental (PD&E) Study using the input from the walks will continue through 2023 and into 2024. The Gainesville City Commission contracted with Kimley Horn...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Three adults and four children are displaced after an apartment fire in Gainesville on Thursday afternoon. Alachua County Fire Rescue crews say a two-story building in the Holly Heights area had to be evacuated after the fire started around 2:15 p.m. Gainesville Fire Rescue also responded.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A 13-year-old child is in the hospital after getting hit while riding his bicycle. The Gainesville Police Department responded to the crash at 4400 Northwest 13th Street. The bicyclist was traveling west down Northwest 44th Avenue. When he entered the roadway Northwest 13th Street, he was...

MARION COUNTY, Fla. — Two Alachua County men were arrested in connection with a string of mail thefts in Marion County over a four-month period, according to the US attorney’s office. Jordan Jax, 23, of Newberry, and Tarod Goodman, Jr., 23, of Gainesville, were both charged with stealing...

For three weekends in January, Jim Greene smears his face in green paint, adopts medieval inflections and transforms into Emrys Fleet, the Rat Catcher at Hoggetowne Medieval Faire in Gainesville. Outside of medieval festivals, he officiates weddings and produces themed events like the annual Charles Dickens Christmas festival in Skaneateles,...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - January is Move Over Awareness Month. Florida Highway Patrol officials are reminding drivers to move over to protect law enforcement officers, first responders, and other public servants. According to Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, there have been 15 hundred move-over crashes since 2015. Out of...

Reviewing, and previewing, the Florida Gators' running back room following the 2022 season.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Matthew Quion Antonio Lindsey, 30, was arrested last night and charged with MDPV trafficking and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon after he reportedly reached for his hip while interacting with officers after a traffic stop. A Gainesville Police Department officer conducted a traffic...

Many decades ago there was a TV sitcom called “Eight Is Enough.”. The comedy-drama was a show that ran on ABC in the late 70s and early 80s. It starred Dick Van Patten, a newspaper columnist who fathered eight very independent children. It’s also a moniker for a girls...

When looking at the Division I college basketball first-year head coaches, Florida’s Todd Golden doesn’t stand out the way Sean Miller at Xavier and Jerome Tang at Kansas State do, but he’s far from a bad hire compared to the underachievers in the class. ESPN’s Jeff Borzello...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Talking about some fun weekend events and making animal noises. Here’s what you missed when we caught up with K-Country!

Cheers erupted from the crowd on Thursday night as Karen Kearney, a science teacher from Buchholz High School, was named Alachua County Public Schools’ Teacher of the Year. See photos from the event below.

This is the fifth of five stories unveiling the 2022 Bosshardt Realty All Area Football Teams. Click here to read about the Small School Offense, Small School Defense and Big School Offense and Big School Defense teams. Go to our All Area football landing page by clicking here. Following lengthy...