Alachua County News

A young woman was found murdered inside her apartment Thursday night now Alachua County Sheriff's deputies are working to find who killed her.

Alachua County Sheriff's deputies say a woman was found dead around 8:45 in an apartment at the Holly Heights Apartments complex.

Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 8:44 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 8:44 a.m. A homeless man found sitting in a vandalized car reportedly told Gainesville police, "You got me." JUSTIN MICHAEL YATES Buy photo ALACHUA COUNTY JAIL Justin Michael Yates, 32, was arrested at 2:20 a.m. Thursday and charged with burglary of an ...

Published: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 11:02 p.m. After years of disagreement, Alachua County and High Springs appear to have ended their dispute over a cat sanctuary just outside the city limits.

A Gainesville man who appeared to be attempting suicide-by-cop was instead arrested after being shot with a Taser Friday.

Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 4:40 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 4:45 p.m. Alachua County government has decided to use a little humor to promote its new policy prohibiting staff members from conducting county business via text messaging.

MARION COUNTY, Fla.a ' Marion County Fire Rescue HazMat and the North Central Florida Urban Search and Rescue Team will receive a helping hand from the federal government soon thanks to monies allotted through a 2008-2009 Department of Homeland Security grant.

Published: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 4:13 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 4:13 p.m. Alachua County students will begin receiving the H1N1 vaccine next week as part of the countywide immunization effort.

A Gainesville man was killed Wednesday night when he was hit on his bicycle by a motorist on North Main Street, but officers who routinely see bicyclists riding dangerously and illegally say the same fate could befall others at any time.

Published: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 9:32 p.m. The Alachua County Sheriff's Office had a somewhat unusual ally in its successful fight against the annexation this week of a patch of land in southeast Gainesville: Gainesville police officer and union chief Jeff McAdams.

Someone new is handling the gavel at Alachua County Commission meetings. Chairman Mike Byerly stepped down yesterday, as his year-long term came to an end.

Tonight, the paperwork is complete and the numbers are in, for arrests from a major multi-county sex crimes task force.

Published: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 11:05 p.m. As tenants prepare to vacate three subsidized housing complexes in North Central Florida that lost federal funding due to deplorable conditions, affordable housing experts wonder what will become of the 254 units that house some of the poorest in ...

When the search began for Haleigh Cummings and Somer Thompson, two North Florida girls who disappeared this year from their neighborhoods, officers immediately started questioning registered sex offenders living near their homes.

Published: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. A man was arrested in Brooksville Friday on an attempted murder warrant in connection with the shooting of a Gainesville man in October.

Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 10:58 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 10:58 a.m. A man released from prison in September in connection with thefts from a specific Gainesville home has been charged with theft from the same house.

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 11:27 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 11:27 p.m. A Gainesville man called several neighbors and friends before calling 911 to report that someone had stolen a few grams of his personal marijuana stash.

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 8:17 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 8:17 a.m. A man and a woman were arrested late Monday after Gainesville Police searched their car and found drugs and a loaded gun with the serial number removed.

Published: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 4:16 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 4:20 p.m. Alachua County deputies are investigating a robbery at a Hawthorne business Friday afternoon.

Published: Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 10:54 p.m. In many areas of Florida, county commissioner is one of the better-paying jobs around - and Alachua County is no exception.