Alachua County News

FILE, RYAN PELHAM/STAFF Jose Montenegro with Delta Sebring cuts a drywall corner bead in 2012.

A Florida sheriff's deputy got more than he bargained for when he answered a call about a big alligator causing a nuisance.

BioMonde, a U.K.-based wound-care company that specializes in larval therapy, wants to expand its operation into Gainesville by participating in the Qualified Target Industry Program.

Robert Slater's webcam caught a maintenance worker in his Jacksonville apartment rummaging through his drawers.

Two men were arrested - and one is facing a felony charge - after they were caught shoplifting what are believed to be the components of a homemade bomb.

The Alachua County Democratic party still wants the Alachua County Democratic Black Caucus charter revoked.

The Repurpose Project has made its home in a building that was a shabby white auto shop when the founders purchased it.

The Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida will present a new exhibition later this month that explores the creation, meaning and importance of portraits.

Wednesday night marked the first Democratic Executive Committee meeting since the county party's officers petitioned the state party to pull the charter of the Alachua County Democratic Black Caucus over members' support of Republican Ed Braddy in the April mayoral runoff.

For months, an investigation into whether Blair broke state campaign finance laws was in the hands of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, then the Alachua County State Attorney's Office, and finally, a Marion County Grand Jury.

Agencies from all around Alachua County detonated an improvised explosive device they say they found in 18-year-old Mason Scott Beuning's Gainesville home Tuesday afternoon GAINESVILLE, Fla.

A Clay County man who made explicit sexual overtures through electronic messages to an undercover officer posing as a 12-year-old girl received a seven-year prison sentence Tuesday.

Turlington Plaza is now virtually devoid of both students and bicycles the week following commencement and prior to summer classes.

Jacksonville Fire and Rescue says the quickly knocked down flames Tuesday evening inside Urban Outfitters at the St.

Two men went into the Hare Krishna Temple in Alachua while a service was going on Saturday morning and began throwing bleach around the temple, saying it was unclean, according to a report.

Missing mom who abandoned her children and fled to Florida for 11 years only turned herself in after being wanted on unrelated forgery charges Her husband and two children were heartbroken to discover she had been secretly living without them and said they wanted nothing to do with her Brenda who said she left Lititz, Pennsylvania to live as a ... (more)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Two people are safe after high winds and rain from Saturday's storm caused their boat to sink near Sisters Creek.

Kelsie Lyanne Smith turned herself in to Alachua County Sheriff's deputies Friday evening.

If the Florida House Republicans have their way, here is what the state's workers would stand to lose: paid sick leave, a living wage, wage theft protections, and equal opportunity benefits .

Just last summer, he watched his business suffer as water levels on the Santa Fe River dropped and smothering algae blanketed its surface.