Republican Sen. Marco Rubio was put on the defensive in Sunrise Wednesday by angry students, teachers and parents who are demanding stronger gun-control measures after the shooting rampage that claimed 17 lives at a Florida high school.
Read More »Parkland Shooting Prompts New Security Protocol for Marion County Schools
North Marion High School will teach ALICE Training, a new security protocol, beginning this week, which stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate.
Read More »Trump Hears Wrenching Tales At School Violence Meeting
Spilling out wrenching tales of lost lives and stolen security, students with quavering voices and parents shaking with anger appealed to President Donald Trump on Wednesday to set politics aside and protect American school children from the scourge of gun violence. Trump sat rapt and motionless, listening intently as raw emotions reverberated at the White House.
Read More »Its Reported Crime Numbers Are Low, But Santa Fe College Police Say They’re Trying To Make Its Campuses Even Safer
After the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting on Feb. 14, the Santa Fe College police department is making sure everyone on the school's campuses is aware of what to do in emergency situations.
Read More »Senate Tables Gun Bills Amid Parkland Outcry
Two gun-related measures backed by Second Amendment advocates were put on hold Wednesday as students from Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and other schools pressured lawmakers for gun-control legislation.
Read More »‘Too Many Red Flags’: Congressman Yoho Responds to Parkland Shooting
Congressman Ted Yoho, Florida's 3rd District U.S. House representative, talks about the Parkland shooting, his thoughts on gun regulation and the red flags seen in recent mass shootings.
Read More »Stoneman Douglas Alumni Lead Vigil on UF Campus In Honor of Their Alma Mater
About 300 people came together to show their support for the 17 victims and their peers on Tuesday night at Turlington Plaza.
Read More »UF Community Members “Choose Love” At Candlelight Vigil
UF students Fennzia Guerrier and Christyna Conway, who met while attending Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., led a candlelight vigil on the UF campus in honor of the 17 victims who died in the school shooting.
Read More »Sheriff’s Report: Suspect Confessed to Florida School Attack
19-year-old Nikolas Cruz has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder in the Wednesday afternoon shooting in Parkland, Florida.
Read More »UF Students From Parkland React To Mass Shooting
For some University of Florida students hailing from Parkland, the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is not just a tragedy on the news. It’s the shooting that changed the way they saw their hometown.
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