UF Health Shands Activates Mass Casualty Response After US-441 Crash Near Micanopy
UF Health Shands Trauma Center activated a mass casualty response following a vehicle crash on US-441 Thursday afternoon.
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Owner of Storm Distillery in Inverness Dies Following Explosion Injuries
The owner of Storm Distillery in downtown Inverness has died days after being critically injured in the April 17 explosion.
Vehicle Running on Flat Tire Reportedly Sparks Fire Along CR 2082 in Alachua County
Witnesses reported seeing a vehicle traveling down the road on a rim that sent sparks flying into the grass.
Ocala in Full Bloom: Home and Garden Show Returns This Weekend
The Ocala Big Bloom Home & Garden Show returns April 24-26 at the World Equestrian Center.
NFL teams are almost on the clock as draft night in the Steel City has arrived
Put aside the mock drafts because it’s time for the real deal. The NFL draft is here in the Steel City.
Players say MLB’s robot umpires are shrinking the strike zone
Arizona Diamondbacks closer Paul Sewald knows that — in theory — Major League Baseball’s new Automated Ball-Strike system shouldn’t favor batters or pitchers.
Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny top Spotify’s first all-time most streamed artists list
It’s her, hi! Taylor Swift has topped Spotify’s first ever list of the most streamed artists of all time, published Thursday morning. She’s followed by Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny. That comes as no surprise: In 2025 the artist born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio was named the streaming giant’s most played artist of the year for a fourth time, dethroning Swift.
Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug in a historic shift
President Donald Trump’s acting attorney general on Thursday signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug, a major policy shift long sought by advocates who said cannabis should never have been treated like heroin by the federal government.
State to Seek Death Penalty in Citra Murder Case of 3-Year-Old Paisley Brown
Coombs was charged with the murder of his girlfriend’s daughter in March.
Marion County Commission Approves Census Tract Selections for Opportunity Zone Program
A presentation by county staff of the selection for census tracts recommendations for the Opportunity Zones Program, which offers capital gains breaks for reinvestment in community areas, was made before the Marion County Board of County Commissioners on April 21, 2026.