Erica A. Hernandez
Erica is a reporter who can be contacted by calling 352-392-6397 or emailing news@wuft.org.
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The Alachua County Animal Services and Florida Department of Corrections Work Camp is working together with this year's "Hairy Pawter" dog academy to prepare a new group of house-trained dogs for homes.
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Janine Sikes, assistant vice president of media relations and public affairs at the University of Florida, emailed the documents to media outlets at about 1 p.m. on Wednesday. Sikes said the university will make no statement.
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The search committee for the president position of the University of Florida narrowed the field from 15 candidates to three on Monday morning.
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In the wake of brutal beheadings by ISIS, some are looking for the bigger picture. Storyful CEO Mark Little believes the recent killings represent a troubling change in the journalism industry.
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The first case of enterovirus D68 has been confirmed in Florida after a 10-year-old girl was treated for the virus in Tampa.
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A female scooter driver in her 40s was killed Wednesday in an accident that occurred near the 34th Street Wall at 7:20 p.m.
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The Florida Department of Corrections partnered with the Florida National Guard to hire veterans and military personnel who are unemployed. These specialty hiring events last all day and are open to all branches in the Florida National Guard and Reserves.
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The University of Florida Police Department and the Gainesville Police Department are targeting individuals for DNA samples that vaguely fit the suspect's description from the three attacks that occurred on or near UF's campus.
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In the small town of Bell, family and friends gathered at a candlelight vigil to honor the lives of Sarah Spirit, 28, and her six children. Police said last Thursday, Don Spirit shot and killed his daughter and six grandchildren before turning the gun on himself.
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Before Don Spirit shot and killed his daughter, six children and himself on Sept. 18, he acquired an extensive criminal background. Spirit's prior crimes occurred in several counties in Florida.