Denise Vickers

Denise Vickers brings more than 30-years of journalism experience to the team. She has been in leadership roles at news outlets in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Idaho, South Carolina, and Virginia. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri's College of Journalism and earned an MBA from the University of Alabama.

Local
2 years ago
NEW INFORMATION: Family finds live hand grenade in grandpa’s garage on Thanksgiving Day

Gainesville Police said the grenade was found in a home in the vicinity of Northeast 10th Terrace and Northeast 12th Avenue.

Crime & Safety
2 years ago
VANDALISM ON VIDEO: UF Jewish Center hopes you can identify the person who scribbled hate slurs on their signs

Leaders at UF Chabad are increasing security measures but vow to not be intimidated in wake of the anti-Semitic vandalism.

Weather Updates
2 years ago
First frost/freeze of the season forecast for this week. Take steps to protect people, pets and plants

The National Weather Service says it’ll be in the 30s Wednesday and Thursday mornings across most of the 352.

Community
2 years ago
Road work to cause delays on a mile stretch of a Gainesville roadway starting today

Crews are scheduled to begin resurfacing Southwest 46th Boulevard from the intersection of Northwest 75th Street near Kimball Wiles Elementary School and end at Southwest 91st Street.

Community
2 years ago
Humane Society’s ‘Woofstock’ generates ‘outta sight’ fundraising results | PHOTOS

The animal welfare organization announced that the event raised a record-breaking $71,000, surpassing all previous milestones.

Crime & Safety
2 years ago
UPDATE: CCSO says man they shot has died. Deputies identify him as a ‘career criminal’

“None of our deputies ever WANT to use lethal force, but they are prepared to if it means saving countless others,” said Col. Elena Vitt of the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office.

Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Sheriff: “It is rare that a case this horrific occurs in Citrus County”

Citrus County Sheriff’s deputies say they made a gruesome discovery on Thanksgiving Day – a dismembered man in the trunk of his car and another with man with a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a house.

Weather Updates
2 years ago
Rainy for Black Friday, dry for Sunshine Showdown Saturday. Check out the forecast for the rest of the holiday weekend

Check the forecast and discover things to do in north-central Florida this holiday weekend.

Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Brooksville man charged with man’s murder, accused of dumping body on dead-end road

Hernando County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 53-year-old R W Resca Jr. and charged him in connection with the crime.

Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Citrus County Sheriff’s Office finds man dead in car trunk on Thanksgiving Day

Deputies also found a man in a home suffering with what they say appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. They say the injured man is a suspect in the killing.

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