A Tampa man and woman were found with fraudulent credit cards and copies of driver’s licenses not belonging to them in their car Wednesday, Florida Highway Patrol said.
After a failed gas-station holdup, one man threw a wine bottle at a cashier’s face, Gainesville Police said.
A man was taken to UF Health Shands Hospital after his car and a Walmart semitruck collided at the intersection of U.S. Route 441 and County Road 234 on Thursday, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
A Pulitzer Prize-winning author is reading at the Alachua County Headquarters library Sunday.
As the Florida Highway Patrol uses billboards and pamphlets to remind drivers to move over for stopped emergency vehicles, Gainesville seems to have received the message.
After threatening an attack, a Santa Fe High School student was arrested Tuesday with three knives and a set of brass knuckles concealed in his backpack, Alachua Police said.
To foster an understanding among cultures, the Alachua County Library District is offering Arabic language classes starting Wednesday.
Swedish-American pianist Roberta Swedien is bringing the music of the Nobel Prize Awards to Gainesville.
On Tuesday, UF alumna Kim Barton was sworn in as Alachua County’s Supervisor of Elections, becoming the first African-American to hold the position.
An Alachua man stole $12,000 worth of electronics from a Windsor Park apartment, and then used the apartment to meet and have sex with women, Gainesville Police said.
For Gators fans across the country, the football team’s Outback Bowl win meant free Bloomin’ Onions on Tuesday.
Gainesville residents have a new place to go jump around.
A married Gainesville couple was arrested Saturday night after a botched $10 drug deal left a man with a stab wound to his chest, Gainesville Police said.
A Gainesville man flipped his car into a ditch when he was driving home drunk from a friend’s house Friday, Gainesville Police said.
Gainesville bars and businesses will bid farewell to 2016 on Saturday night and ring in the new year with champagne toasts, a ‘bubble’ drop and music from the likes of David Bowie and Prince.
During a morning workout in Haile Plantation on Thursday morning, a woman was forced into a wooded area and molested by a homeless man, the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office said.
Two Live Oaks men were arrested Thursday after video surveillance caught them on a robbing spree in November, Gainesville Police said.
An argument about music ended when a Gainesville man grabbed a knife and stabbed his boyfriend in the stomach Thursday, Gainesville Police said.
The YMCA’s Board of Directors gave a 30-day extension on Wednesday for its Gainesville chapter to continue its fundraising efforts to avoid closure.
A former employee of Alliance Credit Union admitted Wednesday to stealing $6,330 from a dead person’s bank account to pay for a new car, Gainesville Police said.
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