Interstate 75 in Alachua County was closed in both directions between Gainesville and Micanopy on Tuesday as the Florida Highway Patrol and the Alachua County Sherrif's Office responded to a subject barricaded in their vehicle.

The bill moved unanimously through a Florida House committee on Tuesday.

Marion County firefighters fought throughout the day Sunday to extinguish a blaze of thousands of wooden railroad ties left by the side of the tracks near Dunnellon.

The Union County Courthouse in Lake Butler has received a $1.2 million grant to make needed renovations to enhance security.

The Gainesville Police Department reported two people died and two officers were injured after shots were fired along East University Avenue on Wednesday morning.

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Mark Anthony Vega, the senior pastor of Ignite Life Center, has been charged with failing to report suspected child abuse and abandonment or neglect, a third-degree felony, according to a sworn complaint filed in Alachua County Circuit Court by Gainesville Police Department Det. Desiree Russano.

Inmates from various Florida prisons met Wednesday at the Cross City Correctional Institution to compete in the 5th Annual FDC Masonry Competition.

Inmates from seven state facilities met at the Cross City Correctional Institution on Wednesday for the 5th Annual Masonry Competition, turning the prison into a temporary construction site.

A Pensacola woman is petitioning the state legislature to standardize FHP’s policy for DUI or drug testing in cases of deadly car crashes. A petition for “Bradley’s Law” has so far collected 11,086 signatures.