Alexia Fernandez

The nine deputies and officers who fired had completed training in a variety of voluntary certifications, such as basic hostage negotiations and crisis intervention.

Text messages from Robert Dentmond's phone before he was fatally shot by police have been released. "Maybe I'll be underground by tomorrow...don't believe me, I'll show you. I'm finna just shoot myself and get it over with, bye...no one cares right now...then I'm finna act like I was never here," Dentmond wrote.

The Alachua County Sheriff's Office said law enforcement made verbal commands for Dentmond to drop his weapon, which he continued to ignore.

A Starke man was convicted of first-degree murder on Wednesday. His sentencing is on hold until the prosecution can whether the death penalty is applicable.

Florida's law practitioners are wondering how to approach cases that might deal with the death penalty after the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Tuesday. The ruling stated that Florida's current capital punishment law is unconstitutional.

The Gainesville Police Department asked the public for help in identifying a woman suspected of using counterfeit $100 bills in several Gainesville stores.

Jerry Correll, sentenced to death after committing four first-degree murders, spent 30 years on death row. On Thursday evening, he was executed.

A new online traffic control system is aiming to reduce traffic congestion on Gainesville roads. The total cost for the system was about $172,750, installed on

Debra Jordan began seeing spirits of the dead at age 10. She is now a certified spiritual medium who performs readings at the Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp to connect others to their deceased loved ones.

An app called What the Health offers users instant access to health inspection data for restaurants in the area. Launched in Florida on Jan. 26, the app assigns letter grades for restaurants based on county health inspection findings.