The University of Florida announced the suspension in response to a Krishna box truck hitting a student on a Buckman Drive crosswalk. This marks Krishna Lunch’s first suspension from campus since it started serving lunch at Plaza of the Americas in 1971.

Anti-death penalty advocates gathered at Florida State Prison in Raiford to protest the execution of Michael King on Tuesday.

As reports of indecent exposure surge in Alachua County, experts say knowing how to respond in the moment can help people protect themselves and support law enforcement.

Criminal cases involving indecent exposure in Alachua County more than doubled from 25 to 53 between 2024 and 2025, according to data from the Office of the State Courts Administrator. Indecent exposure cases have climbed statewide every year since 2020, and jumped from 1,592 to 1,755 during the same one-year period.

“The technology has outpaced the policy,” she said, “and the laws have not kept up with how quick and how fast these e-scooters and these e-bikes can go.”

The Senate passed the bill 31-4 in late January. The House passed its version Wednesday 103-8. It still needs to be signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The plaintiff, Maria Gonzales, claimed that Gainesville police officer Frederid Tirado was driving on SW Archer Road when he hit her car.

A fight at Oaks Mall that ended in gunfire and two unrelated shootings near apartment complexes in Gainesville are drawing new attention to violence involving some of the city’s rival gangs.

Billy Leon Kearse, convicted of killing Officer Danny Parrish of the Fort Pierce Police Department in 1991, was executed on Tuesday, the state’s third execution of the year.

A man convicted of killing a police officer 35 years ago was executed Tuesday, making him Florida’s third execution of the year. Billy Leon Kearse was 18 years old when he shot a Southeast Florida police officer, hitting him 13 times before fleeing.