Stephany Matat

The Gainesville City Commission is closer to allowing public drinking on the city’s sidewalks permanently.

Following the collapse of a condominium building in Surfside, Florida, a rescue task force — including members of Gainesville Fire Rescue — was sent to aid the rescue effort June 27.

Ten candidates have filed to take over Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office in Tallahassee a year before the filing deadline. This is higher than past years.

Gov. Ron DeSantis does not agree to drop criminal charges against the man accused of hacking the Florida governor's voter registration file ahead of the 2020 election.

Anthony Steven Guevara, 20, of Naples was charged Oct. 28 – days before the 2020 election – with unauthorized computer access and altering someone else’s voter registration without their permission, both felonies.

A top Florida law enforcement official told Gov. Ron DeSantis and other state leaders Tuesday that "extremely lax" security at a municipal water plant…

In his annual State of the State address on the opening day of Florida’s Legislature, DeSantis said the economy was better than expected here despite the pandemic, with most public school classrooms open for students, most businesses up and running and efforts focused on vaccinating the elderly.

Rebekah Jones, 31, is suspected by authorities of hacking into a state emergency health network to transmit a message taunting the governor.

Adam J. Mandel, 20, of Weston also lost his driver’s license for life under the sentence imposed by Alachua Circuit Judge Mark Moseley.

In court papers, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said technical logs from the incident included an internet address for a residential online account that traced back to Rebekah Jones' home in Tallahassee.