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As reports of indecent exposure surge in Alachua County, experts say knowing how to respond in the moment can help people protect themselves and support law enforcement. -
Criminal cases involving indecent exposure in Alachua County more than doubled from 25 to 53 between 2024 and 2025, according to data from the Office of the State Courts Administrator. Indecent exposure cases have climbed statewide every year since 2020, and jumped from 1,592 to 1,755 during the same one-year period.
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Billy Leon Kearse, convicted of killing Officer Danny Parrish of the Fort Pierce Police Department in 1991, was executed on Tuesday, the state’s third execution of the year. -
A man convicted of killing a police officer 35 years ago was executed Tuesday, making him Florida’s third execution of the year. Billy Leon Kearse was 18 years old when he shot a Southeast Florida police officer, hitting him 13 times before fleeing. -
Ocala community members organized a vigil in downtown Ocala where dozens gathered Thursday night to honor 3-year-old Paisley Brown just one week after police say she was killed by her mother’s boyfriend. -
Police say a University of Florida student was instrumental in helping them identify and arrest a man suspected in several cases of sexual assault and battery on campus. -
Melvin Trotter’s execution by lethal injection on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. Trotter was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death in 1987 for strangling and stabbing Virgie Langford a year earlier in Palmetto. (Libby Clifton/WUFT) -
Florida carried out its second execution on Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. A group of 50 people held a vigil outside the Florida State Prison, where Melvin Trotter, 65, was put to death by lethal injection. -
The $4.6 million public investment in a new fire station is Ocala’s proactive approach to support its community, city officials said, while extending the reach that the Ocala Fire Rescue team can serve. -
Speed ticketing cameras are coming to some school zones across Gainesville within the next few weeks, the first moves in a broader project intended to discourage drivers from racing past students during school hours. -
The Gainesville Police Department honored its crossing guards earlier this month during Florida School Crossing Guard Appreciation Day. -
ICE arrests of people involved in family court proceedings present challenges to the legal process, and are becoming more commonplace.
