Carissa Allen
Carissa is a reporter for WUFT News who can be reached by calling 352-392-6397 or emailing news@wuft.org.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – With Florida making it easier for juries to impose the death sentence, two formerly condemned inmates who are still behind bars are… -
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Nearly two years after both her sons were killed by her estranged husband, a surviving mother is picking up the pieces of her life to… -
Florida Highway Patrol is asking for the public's help searching for the silver Chevrolet Suburban involved in a Marion County hit-and-run incident last… -
After a jury couldn't agree on the death penalty in Florida's deadliest school shooting, Republican lawmakers in Tallahassee are proposing to make it… -
Florida's Supreme Court on Wednesday wrestled during a hearing in Tallahassee over questions about whether a new law protecting the rights of crime… -
The Florida Supreme Court will consider arguments Wednesday in Tallahassee in a case that considers whether the identities of police officers who kill…
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The Gainesville Police Department, working with the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, located Wednesday night the vehicle wanted for Monday morning’s fatal… -
Winning close to two-thirds of the vote, Yvonne Hayes Hinson glided into her second term as a state House representative, this time for District 21.In…
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Daniel Wood III won the Dixie County Commissioner District 2 seat with 65% of the votes. The current District 2 commissioner, W.C. Mills, is stepping… -
Joe Faherty collected 57% of the vote, making him the Citrus County School Board District 5 member.Incumbent Powers has 39 years of experience in…
