Updated: Oct. 2, 2023 at 5:11 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
County officials say the goal of the service is to help create better responsiveness to issues involving animals
Updated: Sep. 27, 2023 at 5:21 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
A city commissioner says state leaders did not hold up their end of the bargain with the appointments
Updated: Sep. 26, 2023 at 5:14 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
She says now that the verdict has come down, her family can finally begin to let their loved one rest in peace.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2023 at 11:47 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
A town council member said she believes it will take more than a year to fully recover
Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 4:57 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
Evelyn Foxx has been fighting gun violence in Gainesville for many years, but said it hitting this close to home has her more motivated than ever to stomp it out
Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 2:44 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
Some students have had to spend more than six weeks bouncing between hotels because their apartment complexes are not yet complete
Updated: Sep. 20, 2023 at 5:00 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
The cuts are an alternative to a full consolidation of services with Braford County Sheriff’s Office and Bradford Fire Rescue
Updated: Sep. 13, 2023 at 5:20 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
Business owners say plans for the annual Cedar Key Seafood Festival remain a go for October 21 and 22.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2023 at 4:58 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
The man eventually got out of the excavator and ran inside Wal-Mart carrying a machete
Updated: Sep. 11, 2023 at 4:54 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
The student’s mother says his bus has driven right past him on multiple occasions
Updated: Sep. 10, 2023 at 6:37 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
Memorabilia ranged from Star Wars to Pokémon to Squishmallows
Updated: Sep. 10, 2023 at 4:30 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
The event takes inspiration from the Jewish tradition Tashlich, which takes place between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
Updated: Sep. 9, 2023 at 5:23 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
The tailgates started early for plenty, including one group who set up at 5:30 am
Updated: Sep. 8, 2023 at 10:12 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky and WCJB Staff
DeSantis and his son participated in the opening coin toss, then stayed to watch the opening quarter
Updated: Sep. 5, 2023 at 4:58 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
The Center is open at the Dixie County Library Monday-Sunday from 9a-8p
Updated: Sep. 4, 2023 at 5:00 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
The store was ravaged by Idalia as more than four feet of water flooded the inside
Updated: Sep. 3, 2023 at 7:45 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
A city council member believes clean up efforts will last more than a year
Updated: Sep. 2, 2023 at 6:36 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky and WCJB Staff
Shorty after landing, the President and First Lady boarded Marine One and took off for an aerial tour of areas affected by Hurricane Idalia.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2023 at 4:25 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky and Ryan Wyatt Turbeville
Gov. Ron DeSantis stopped in Lake City just hours before Hurricane Idalia is expected to impact the state
Updated: Aug. 29, 2023 at 12:42 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky and Ryan Wyatt Turbeville
The Florida Museum of Natural History is taking care to protect its living butterfly exhibit from the hurricane
Updated: Aug. 28, 2023 at 5:06 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
A general population shelter will be open at Dixie County High School beginning at 9 AM Tuesday
Updated: Aug. 27, 2023 at 6:40 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
An event organizer says the goal was to top last year’s fundraising total of $900
Updated: Aug. 27, 2023 at 6:36 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
Organizers say they hope the event can be a small part of keeping Black history alive in the community
Updated: Aug. 26, 2023 at 6:04 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
Parents and kids alike could enjoy some of the classic video game systems such as the NES, the Super NES and the PS1
Updated: Aug. 26, 2023 at 5:20 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
The event’s organizer says she wants to put art on display to show kids there are alternatives to violence.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2023 at 6:07 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky and Ryan Wyatt Turbeville
After a decade of steady funding increases, budget cuts may force changes at the GRACE Marketplace
Updated: Aug. 21, 2023 at 4:45 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
Chief Gerald Butler said ABT played a major role in what he called a group effort that led to the arrest
Updated: Aug. 16, 2023 at 5:38 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky and Ryan Wyatt Turbeville
Many students in Alachua County may be sent to a new school next year as the school board considers a comprehensive rezoning
Updated: Aug. 15, 2023 at 5:02 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
Numerous other sites have seen these kinds of layoffs, including in Logan, Utah, where 90 people were laid off last February
Updated: Aug. 7, 2023 at 6:10 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
The Riveroak Technical College is receiving $4 million in funding from the state to expand its nursing program
Updated: Aug. 6, 2023 at 5:01 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky and WCJB Staff
The summit continues Monday when city leaders say the focus will shift towards policymaking
Updated: Aug. 6, 2023 at 11:46 AM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
Backpacks, notebooks, paper, pencils and other school supplies were available for free to parents and kids
Updated: Aug. 5, 2023 at 8:35 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
All of the proceeds from the event will go towards the Camp Valor project--which is a rehabilitation center for veterans
Updated: Aug. 5, 2023 at 8:29 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
The practice lasted about two hours and fans could see players go through individual and team drills
Updated: Aug. 3, 2023 at 5:46 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
Deputies say Tamesha Haygood and Thomas Lee Williams pulled into the Shell station in Starke to swap custody of Haygood’s two-year-old
Updated: Aug. 1, 2023 at 7:28 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
Along with the five jobs being cut within her office, Curry is also proposing reducing her $299 thousand salary by 5 percent
Updated: Jul. 31, 2023 at 6:23 PM EDT
|By Ryan Wyatt Turbeville and Ethan Budowsky
A man from Ocala claims he doesn’t remember shooting two people and injuring a third near Downtown Gainesville and UF
Updated: Jul. 28, 2023 at 12:17 PM EDT
|By Ryan Wyatt Turbeville and Ethan Budowsky
The primary shelter for women and children fleeing domestic violence in Marion County is set to shut down after funding was withheld due to poor conditions and concerns of fraud
Updated: Jul. 26, 2023 at 5:17 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
City leaders are seeking an injunction to prevent the governor-appointed board from taking control
Updated: Jul. 25, 2023 at 4:15 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
The man who applied for the permit says he is not opening a gun range
Updated: Jul. 20, 2023 at 5:40 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
Based on the proposed rate of more than 6.4 mills, city staff expects an additional $62 million in revenue
Updated: Jul. 20, 2023 at 5:23 PM EDT
|By Ryan Wyatt Turbeville and Ethan Budowsky
It comes just a few weeks before city leaders host a two-day summit on gun violence in the city.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2023 at 5:15 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
The event came less than 24 hours after two teenagers were shot at nearby Fred Cone Park
Updated: Jul. 18, 2023 at 5:11 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
Last week, there were reports of an aggressive alligator by a nest just a few feet from a popular swimming area
Updated: Jul. 17, 2023 at 4:42 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
The director of the Florida Springs Institute says it could have a major long-term effect on the spring
Updated: Jul. 16, 2023 at 5:45 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
The money will go towards wagons which they purchase and fill with goods for families going through the battle
Updated: Jul. 16, 2023 at 5:39 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
Among the 19 artists, art forms ranged from sculpting to photography to glass artistry and a whole lot more
Updated: Jul. 15, 2023 at 6:53 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
People shared stories of how they have been impacted by being multilingual in north central Florida.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2023 at 6:48 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
People say his biggest legacy will be what he did for kids in Gainesville with Caring and Sharing Learning School
Updated: Jul. 12, 2023 at 4:49 PM EDT
|By Ethan Budowsky
The driver hit a scalloper and left the victim with cuts on his right calf and foot