A Gainesville man, Khalil Barnett, 30, was sentenced to seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to drug and firearm charges. The case began when Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a domestic disturbance last August and Barnett fled, dropping a loaded firearm and roughly 600 grams of marijuana during the chase. Federal prosecutors subsequently took over the case, resulting in the prison term.
Sources: WCJB TV20 · Mainstreet Daily News
A 64-year-old Old Town resident has died from injuries he suffered in a November 2025 crash in Dixie County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers say the man was driving a pickup truck on Northwest 878th Avenue when he struck a power pole on the morning of November 19, and he passed away on Wednesday.
Sources: The Gainesville Sun · WCJB TV20
A rapper who performs under the name ‘Pork Chop Sammich’ has been arrested in connection with a shooting involving a teenager in Florida, according to the Gainesville Sun. Details on the location of the incident and the condition of the victim were not available from the headline alone.
Sources: The Gainesville Sun
A 63-year-old Trenton man succumbed Tuesday to injuries he suffered in a March 12 crash on Interstate 75 in Alachua County, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. Troopers said the man was driving a sedan south of State Road 26 when his vehicle left the roadway and struck a power pole.
Sources: The Gainesville Sun · WCJB TV20
A motorcyclist suffered serious injuries Thursday morning in a crash on North Main Street in Gainesville, according to the Gainesville Police Department. Southbound lanes between 16th Avenue and 23rd Avenue were shut down while crews worked to clear the scene.
Sources: WCJB TV20
Bradford County Sheriff’s Office investigators say they believe a 13-year-old boy named Colton Austin Kuehl was killed when a camper on Southwest 84th Avenue in the Sampson area caught fire Tuesday morning around 9:30 a.m. The medical examiner has been unable to make a positive identification or determine the exact cause of death due to the extent of the fire damage, though the boy remains unaccounted for. The investigation is continuing.
Sources: WCJB TV20
A 51-year-old Gainesville man was sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison after robbing a Wells Fargo branch on SW Archer Road last August while dressed in a hospital gown and making off with $1,500. Patrick Johnson was apprehended within 10 minutes of the robbery and later pleaded guilty in February.
Sources: WCJB TV20 · Mainstreet Daily News
A Florida mother, grandmother, and two children were fatally shot in an incident reported by the Gainesville Sun. Few additional details are available from the headline alone, but the shooting claimed four lives across two generations of the same family.
Sources: The Gainesville Sun
