North Florida Hospital opens new hybrid cath lab
HCA Florida North Florida Hospital announced that its cardiovascular cath program recently opened its fifth hybrid cath lab. North Florida Hospital (NFH) has long been providing […]
Olasky Books: The Navy’s longest-serving admiral
Marc Wortman’s Admiral Hyman Rickover (Yale University Press, 2022) is a tightly-written biography of brilliance: Rickover at age six came to the U.S. from Poland, gained […]
Fishing report: Stellar salty reports
The just-commenced gag grouper season has drawn mixed reactions from offshore anglers. Some of the more successful have said they located fish over hard bottom in […]
ACPS to hold school job fairs
Alachua County Public Schools (ACPS) will hold job fairs on Monday at Williams Elementary School and on Tuesday at Metcalfe Elementary School in Gainesville. According to […]
House approves gun control bill
Lawmakers in the House of Representatives voted mostly along party lines on Wednesday to approve the Protecting Our Kids Act. The legislation seeks to raise the […]
Economy shrinks in first quarter
A report released Thursday indicated the first U.S. economic contraction since the initial pandemic crash in 2020. Soaring imports and fewer exports drove the 1.4% decline in […]
Drive-by Lake City shooting strikes vehicle
An overnight drive-by shooting struck a parked vehicle at an NW Oakland Avenue residence in Lake City. According to a Lake City Police Department (LCPD) release, […]
UF Health, Jupiter Medical expands services
UF Health and Jupiter Medical Center announced on Tuesday that the companies started first steps to jointly “transform health care delivery, research and education,” according to […]
CDC raises monkeypox alert level
More than a dozen states have reported a total of 31 monkeypox cases as of Tuesday, leading the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to […]
Motorcycle accident critically injures Fort White man
A Fort White man is in critical condition after being ejected from his motorcycle along State Road 45 south of High Springs on Monday afternoon. According […]
Nothing Bundt Cakes to host opening giveaways
Nothing Bundt Cakes will launch its sugar-laced grand opening on June 8 with a series of contests and giveaways even though its doors are already unlocked […]
Fort White finishes No. 11 in final softball poll
The high school softball season in Florida wrapped up last week with the FHSAA State High School Championships in Clermont. There were six first-time state champions […]
Columbia finishes atop regional baseball rankings
For a high school baseball season that was up and down for many teams, the final Prep Zone Power Poll rankings for the 2022 season showed […]
Fishing report: Big Bend—where the action is
For area saltwater anglers, the Gulf’s Big Bend is definitely “where the action is.” Things are about to go wide open in the Steinhatchee area. Seasonal […]
Student arrested for bringing gun to school
Gilchrist County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) deputies arrested a student who brought a firearm to Trenton High School on Friday. According to a GCSO report, a tip […]
Downtown Starke collision injures 3
A tractor-trailer hit an overturned truck in downtown Starke on Friday morning injuring three people. According to a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) report, a 32-year-old Jacksonville […]
UF AI platform predicts surgical complications
Complications after surgery can pose many challenges for both physicians and patients. Now, University of Florida researchers have confirmed their artificial intelligence system accurately helps doctors […]
UF announces inaugural leadership awards
The UF Alumni Association recently named 16 honorees to its inaugural class of Gator Nation LeaDErshIp (DEI) Award winners. The DEI awards recognized alumni, students and […]
Gainesville teenager receives 35-year sentence
A Gainesville teenager received a 35-year prison sentence after he pled no contest to attempted murder and multiple felony charges. In a Gainesville Police Department (GPD) […]
Tenant shoots apartment maintenance person
A Windsong Apartments tenant shot a maintenance person who mistakenly went to the wrong unit to fix a door lock early Thursday morning. According to a […]
US job openings decline slightly but remain high
The white-hot demand for U.S. workers cooled off just a bit in April, but companies are still desperate to hire more people. The Labor Department reported […]
LCSO arrests Anglers RV Park man after shootout
A verbal disturbance at the Anglers RV Park outside of Cedar Key led to an arrest following a shootout between a man and four Levy County […]
LCPD responds to stabbing, shooting
Johnathan Wyndell “Dale” Smith Lake City police officers arrested one man in a stabbing and are searching for another suspect involved in a drive-by shooting in […]
How to prepare for Florida storm season
Hurricane season officially starts on June 1, but it’s never too early to prepare. As a matter of fact, meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center are […]