The Alachua County Board of County Commissioners has agreed to help fund the funeral of slain teenager, Robert Dentmond. The Gainesville High School sophomore was fatally shot Sunday night after a standoff with the Gainesville Police officers and Alachua County Sheriff's deputies in the parking lot of the Majestic Oaks Apartments.

A requirement to put a dog down after it harmed a small child sparked controversy and a new law defining an appeals process.

Most freshmen at the University of Florida were only six years old the last time campus was hit by a hurricane.