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Hantavirus Outbreak on Cruise Ship Results in Three Passenger Fatalities: Key Details and Implications

The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported a deadly outbreak of hantavirus, a rare virus carried by rodents, that has claimed the lives of...

Tragic Neglect: Coroner Reveals How Medication Shortage Led to MS Patient’s Heartbreaking Death

Inset: Elizabeth Fike (Gates Funeral Home). Background: News footage of the conditions of the home where Elizabeth Fike died in October 2025 (KDKA). A Pennsylvania...

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Lake Butler man, who allegedly followed an Alachua woman home and tried to enter her house, arrested in Gainesville after allegedly hitting skateboard rider

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Ernesto Angel Morales-Alejo, 20, was arrested yesterday in Gainesville after allegedly hitting a man riding a skateboard and failing...

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Verdict Revealed for Man Involved in Plot with Lover to End Husband’s Life

Inset: Michael Harding (Clay County Sheriff). Left: Thomas O’Donnell (Cumberland County Sheriff). Right: Julie Harding (California Highway Patrol). A man from California, who conspired with...

Ocala Resident Arrested for Assault and Firearm Theft in Midtown Incident, December 2025

By Staff Reporter GAINESVILLE, Fla. – In a surprising turn of events, Corey Jarrell Tavares Rocker, a 26-year-old resident of Ocala, found himself under arrest...

Phoenix Homicide Investigation: GPD Seeks Community Assistance in Solving Case

Issued by the Gainesville Police Department GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Authorities in Gainesville are currently delving into a tragic homicide that unfolded last night within the...

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Chabad UF vandalized early Friday morning

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Chabad UF, the University of Florida Jewish Student & Community Center, has reported that its building was vandalized with...

Defendants in all ten cases arising from voter registration efforts in the Alachua County Jail have now been convicted and sentenced

BY JENNIFER CABRERA GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Kelvin Bolton, the tenth and final defendant charged in connection with a voter registration effort that was conducted...
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Owner of cleaning service charged with stealing jewelry from client

Staff report HIGH SPRINGS, Fla. – Stacey Lynn Poulos, 48, of High Springs, was arrested yesterday and charged with grand theft after allegedly stealing...

Man on pre-trial release for DUI in Manatee County arrested for DUI after allegedly hitting car on I-75 in Alachua County

Staff report MICANOPY, Fla. – Julio Cesar Hernandez-Lopez, 27, of Bradenton, was arrested yesterday morning after allegedly hitting another car and then leaving the...

South Dakota man charged with stealing e-bikes at Gatorback Cycle Park

Staff report NEWBERRY, Fla. – Drew Scott Johnson, 37, of Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, was arrested Saturday after allegedly stealing multiple e-bikes during a...
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Seven arrested, 44 ejected from UF football game against FSU

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Police arrested seven people and ejected a total of 44 individuals, 14 of whom are students at the University...

Four people shot overnight in Gainesville

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Four people were shot in two separate incidents overnight in Gainesville, making a total of seven people shot in...

Lake City man on pre-trial release arrested for shooting at ex-girlfriend’s car on I-75 in Gainesville

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Demarcus Marke Wilson, 28, of Lake City, was arrested early this morning on attempted homicide charges after allegedly shooting...

Man on pre-trial release arrested after allegedly harassing customers and spitting on manager at Walmart

Staff report GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Daren Gary Smith, 56, was arrested last night after allegedly harassing customers and spitting on the manager of the...
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