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Florida prohibits even people with weapon permits from carrying their guns inside legislative or committee meetings, but they can carry in the building itself. (Fresh Take Florida file photo)

Here are the projects around north central Florida that lawmakers funded in the 2022 budget

Florida lawmakers on Monday passed a record $112.1 billion budget to end the 2022 legislative session.Among the billions of dollars in state…

Marion County officials are still estimating damages from tornado

Marion County officials are now estimating over $15 million in damages after an EF1 tornado ran through Dunnellon and Ocala on Saturday.The national…

Hundreds flock for a food truck rally hosted at High Dive. The venue was the first to host a food truck rally in Gainesville in January 2013. Each event attracts about 2,000 to 3,000 people to the food truck culture

Upcoming food truck rally in Gainesville will benefit Afghan and Haitian refugees

The Original Gainesville Food Truck Rally, which will be held on Saturday starting at 4 p.m., will benefit Welcoming Gainesville and Alachua County, an organization that aims to eliminate prejudice, celebrate diversity and help newcomers to the community. The event, sponsored by the University of Florida College of Pharmacy, will have a free concert at High Dive, about 10 food trucks and a cultural student talent show.

Ukrainian students and Gainesville community members demonstrate in UF's Turlington Plaza to speak out against the war in Ukraine.

Attacks on Ukraine ignite UF student support

Every time Roksolana Nykytiua gets a text message from her mom in Ukraine, she said her heart jumps out of her chest. For the past two weeks, her morning…

In this Monday, Nov. 9, 2015, photo provided by the Defense Department, brass shell casings can be seen at the bottom of the image falling to the ground below a Texas Army National Guard AH-64D Apache helicopter firing its 30 mm cannon during an aerial gunnery exercise at Fort Hood, Texas. Federal court records show that a Florida man, Eric Lee Culpepper Sr., 44, of Crestview, is suspected of stealing more than $37,000 worth of 30 mm brass shell casings taken from the helicopter gun range at Fort Rucker, Alabama. (Defense Department photo by Army Maj. Randy Stillinger via Fresh Take Florida).

Military mystery: Who stole tons of valuable ammunition brass from Army’s top helicopter gun range? Feds focus on Florida man

The thief, wearing camouflage gear and gloves, crept through the woods onto the Army base in southern Alabama where most of the U.S. military's helicopter…

University of Florida forward Keyontae Johnson is seen in this photograph provided by the school. Johnson, 22, of Norfolk, Virginia, was formally accused this week by police in Gainesville, Florida, of sexual assault of a drunken young woman at a pool party in an incident last month, according to interviews and a sworn complaint in Alachua County Circuit Court made available Friday, March 25, 2022. (University of Florida via Fresh Take Florida).

Florida basketball star Keyontae Johnson accused in sexual assault

Keyontae Johnson, the University of Florida basketball star forward praised for his resilience after he collapsed during a game in December 2020, is being…

Man accused of killing UF student in a hit-and-run expected to change plea Monday

Six days after University of Florida student Margaret “Maggie” Paxton was killed in a high-profile hit-and-run accident, Gainesville police traced the ownership of the car suspected of striking her to a man who worked at a local auto repair shop.

Olympian Brittany Bowe returns to Ocala alma mater

Green and gold pompoms rustled in unison and screams echoed on Friday through Trinity Catholic High School's gym. The Celtic student body rose to its…

Despite rain, water levels remain low

Water levels in North-Central Florida are still low despite rainfall this past weekend…and Suwannee River Water Management officials say it may take a…

Source: Florida basketball star Keyontae Johnson asserted sex was consensual with accuser in heated call with UF football player

New details are emerging in the sexual assault investigation of Keyontae Johnson, the University of Florida basketball star formally accused in a police report over an incident with a drunken young woman at a pool party last month.

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