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.

news
2 years ago
65-year-old Ocala woman dies in golf cart accident

Troopers say the woman went through a stop sign and hit the truck, throwing her onto the road where she was then hit by the trailer.

Crime & Safety
2 years ago
NEW INFORMATION: GPD identifies person they say stole an excavator; damaging Walmart auto entrance and more

GPD arrested 47-year-old Jesse Charles Smith in this case. They say no one was hurt. Walmart confirms auto center will be open for business today.

Weather Updates
2 years ago
Hurricane Lee generates dangerous surf, rip currents for Atlantic beaches this week

The storm is not expected to make landfall but it it is expected to significantly increase in size and hazards will extend well away from the storm center, said the National Hurricane Center.

Community
2 years ago
City of Gainesville will honor the 22nd anniversary of 9/11 with service on Monday

A moment of silence is scheduled at 8:46 a.m., the moment when the first airplane struck the World Trade Center in New York City.

Local
2 years ago
NEW INFORMATION: Fatal crash on I-75 in Alachua County Saturday, Southbound lanes shutdown for hours

Southbound traffic is being detoured off I-75 at the Williston Road exit and at CR 234.

Community
2 years ago
Faces of fentanyl: Herschel’s story

“He was a light. Everywhere he went, he just lit up a room,” said Hilary Jackson about her cousin, Herschel. Herschel died July 6, 2021, from a fentanyl-laced pill. He was 20.

Local
2 years ago
Hurricane Lee charges over Atlantic waters as a Category 5 storm, approaching the Caribbean

NHC meteorologists say it’s too early to know what level of impacts – rainfall and wind gusts – Lee may have on the U.S. East Coast. 

Equine
2 years ago
NEW INFORMATION: Giddy up! MCSO deputies saddling up on new Mounted Unit

A post on the Marion County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page indicates a Mounted Unit is coming soon.

Education
2 years ago
UF ranked #1 public university by Wall Street Journal, Report places greater emphasis on salaries post-graduation

UF comes in at No. 15 overall behind 14 private universities. See how other Florida schools ranked.

Local
2 years ago
Tropical Storm Lee strengthens into a hurricane as it churns across Atlantic toward Caribbean

The NHC forecast calls for rapid intensification to begin later today, and Lee is forecast to become a major hurricane by early Friday.

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