Amanda Jackson

The University of Florida partnered with the Sarasota Herald-Tribune Thursday to bring a growing issue to light.

Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet approved Tuesday a proposal to buy former Gainesville Correctional Institution for nearly $1.4 million. The prison will be converted into a homeless shelter and the Morningside Nature Center will be expanded.

The holiday season is usually reserved for family and cheer - but sometimes burglars make unwanted criminal appearances. In Gainesville, police officers take preventative action during November and December to reduce the number of break-ins

Frank Brown still recalls what it was like trying to enroll in college after returning home from Vietnam. It wasn't easy. Many years later, he's among a group of Orange Lake veterans who try to be more welcoming to a new generation of returning soldiers.

Alachua County is ranked fourth highest in the state for STDs with 8,452 reported cases since 2008, according to the Florida Department of Health.

Low water levels at Orange and Lochloosa Lakes have been causing severe problems for local businesses that rely on fishing tourism.

Low lake levels in Keystone Heights have had a drastic effect not only on the local landscape but also on the area's economy. Residents and politicians are now working together to find a solution and make the Lake Region what it once was.

Although the University of Florida's anthropology department is not involved in the actual excavation, the staff at the C.A. Pound Human Identification Laboratory explains the procedure a USF team will use.

Flags remain at half-staff outside many businesses around Lake Butler, where a community mourns the loss of a third victim from a deadly Saturday shooting spree.

A woman at Campus Lodge Apartments fended off an attacker by kicking him and running to her apartment Tuesday, escaping an attempted kidnapping.