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As dean of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications from 1976 to 1994, Lowenstein arranged for the installation of a large, integrated PC network, made up of some 300 computers – one of the earliest in a university environment. 

It's closing after 47 years.

Some Florida districts start in-person classes again this week.

Arguments about reopening schools were colored by politics in a fierce election year in Florida, a battleground state that may determine the next U.S. president.

A Friday report counted an additional 1,154 inmates who tested positive.

The motion passed 5 to 2, but one commissioner was vocal about his disapproval of the contract.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Gainesville and the Alachua County Health Care Advisory Board are requesting grant money from the county to fund physical and mental health services.

Episode 45, our final episode, takes a look towards the future at what might be forever changed after this pandemic is over. Eating out at a local restaurant is looking and feeling different now that businesses are adapting to the new normal. Taylor L...

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he will push to get the annual football game between Florida State and the University of Florida rescheduled, saying Thursday that keeping the famed rivalry going will be good for the state.

Michael Hickman was fired in January because of the discrepancy between state and federal law.

He uses marijuana for post-traumatic stress disorder and the injuries he sustained on mission Desert Storm.

The recent dip in positive test results has the governor contemplating the change this week.

Brandy Hearne, of Fort Walton Beach, is critically ill with coronavirus.

It all started with a Hobby Farms magazine article predicting goat farming to be the next big trend.

Hurricane Isaias represents Florida’s first possible experience with a deadly double-whammy of a hurricane during a pandemic.

CCF, the largest state college in Ocala, is one of 28 public colleges in the Florida College System. 

Our Fresh Take Florida team has exclusive reporting about the driver's history.

Episode 44 checks back in on essential workers to see how they are handling multiple months on the front lines. Gabriella Paul set out to discover what it’s like to be new to the front line in Florida’s hospitals and what that means for the next gener...

In a closely watched case about how to apply a constitutional amendment that expanded victims’ rights, a Leon County circuit judge on Thursday agreed to at least temporarily keep secret the identities of two Tallahassee police officers involved in use-of-force incidents.

Florida tallied on Thursday a new record high in daily confirmed COVID-19 deaths for the third straight day as the state faces pressure to outline new measures to combat the pandemic.

The new numbers raised the average number of deaths reported daily to 142 over the past week. That’s second only to Texas overall, and to Arizona in per-capita deaths.

As school officials across Florida continue grappling with reopening classrooms amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a major group of pediatricians Wednesday released recommendations aimed at reducing risks to children and teachers.

Total death toll in the state hit 6,333 on Wednesday.

It's a three-pronged approach.