• NOAA releases updated weather outlook; strong El Niño event expected

    The Climate Prediction Center’s updated weather outlook indicates a slightly increased confidence of a strong El Niño event by this winter. This could mean more wet weather for the Southeast region of the U.S. The forecast is based on observed and predicted sea surface temperatures. “These condition…

  • DeSantis appoints more Republicans to governing roles in heavily Democratic county

    Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has appointed the first of five new board members to oversee the troubled Gainesville Regional Utilities being taken over by the state. DeSantis installed three Republicans in a part of Florida that has been one of the rare remaining political strongholds for Democrats.…

  • Community rallies as family speaks out on fatal alligator attack

    A Largo woman was killed when she was attacked by a 13-foot alligator on Friday. The body of Sabrina Peckham, 41, was discovered in a waterway near McKay Creek in Pinellas County. The alligator was humanely euthanized. …

  • Gainesville man attacked by police K-9 after fleeing scene pleads guilty to one count

    Terrell Bradley, the Gainesville man who was mauled by a police K-9 dog in July 2022 while fleeing a traffic stop, was sentenced to a year in prison Tuesday morning after withdrawing his not guilty plea. Bradley pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and no contest to battery…

  • Citrus County Animal Services receives multimillion-dollar funding for relocation

    Citrus County Animal Services plans to relocate to a new facility in Lecanto that's expected to be completed by spring 2025. The project is budgeted at $12.5 million, with $9 million going toward construction of the new animal shelter that will more than double the size of the current one. …

  • Volunteers remove invasive species for Gainesville’s 30th National Public Lands Day

    For the first time, the 30th National Public Lands Day was open to volunteers from the public.  West of the Bass Pro Shop in Celebration Pointe, 13 volunteers participated at Lake Kanapaha Park by pulling invasive coral ardisia, a non-native plant that displaces native trees and shrubs in the forest…

  • Columbia County Sheriff’s Office find missing K-9

    Update, Tuesday, Sept. 26: Deputies found Chaos Tuesday around 11:25 a.m. after a citizen reported sighting him on Southeast Pounds Hammock Road, just south of US Highway 100, according to a sheriff’s office Facebook post. “We are glad to have Chaos back home!” the sheriff’s office wrote in the post…

  • New app helps you prepare for the next hurricane

    A new app designed to provide updates on disaster supplies and educational resources in the wake of a natural disaster was released this week. “Local Relief” is a localized social media platform bringing communities together during a weather emergency. Founder and Executive Director Heather Hackett …

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