John Warner

Stalking is a mental disease that can form into an addiction, and it is not getting the proper resources dedicated to it, a UCF professor said.Dr. Stephen Holmes, an associate professor of criminal justice, said stalking has been made even easier with the rise of dating apps and online means of communication. 
“People see pictures, people get attached emotionally and psychologically,” Holmes said, about using apps such as Snapchat. "For the most part, I think it's a disease of the mind,...

A man was arrested after allegedly cyberstalking a female UCF student by calling her over 30 times after being blocked and threatening to show up at her apartment, an arrest affidavit states.

William Newlon, 21, was arrested Aug. 20, after the 19-year-old victim he had matched with on the dating app Hinge reported cyberstalking to the UCF Police Department, the affidavit said.

Newlon, who goes by the alias "Billy" according to the affidavit, knew the victim's home address through location sharing on Snapchat, the app the two had been using to text each other since the middle of June.

EUSTIS, Fla. - The Lake County Fair opened on Friday, and families are invited to enjoy a wide variety of entertainment offerings. Located in Eustis, the fair features activities like "Robinson's Racing Pigs", "Agricadabra Magic of Agriculture", "Brad Matchett: Comedy Hypnotist", and even an alligator wrestling show, according to its website. The fair said that Robinson's Racing Pigs have been a staple of the Lake County Fair for over 25 years. Fair-goers can watch the pigs run and compete head-...

OCALA, Fla. - An 18-year-old from Ocala was arrested after posting hundreds of pictures and videos of himself with guns on Instagram, an arrest affidavit states. Landon Smith was arrested on Monday on 12 counts of possession of a weapon, according to the Marion County Sheriff's Office. RELATED: Florida mom turns in son, 12, after finding threats on his phone to shoot boy at school: affidavit A search warrant of his Instagram account revealed that he was allegedly in illegal possession of these g...

ORLANDO, Fla. - For the first time in National Women's Soccer League history, the entire league is receiving a kit reset, according to a press release. MORE: Orlando's Exploria Stadium, home of Orlando City soccer, now has a new name The Orlando Pride will be receiving two new kits, called The Citrus Kit and the Phoenix Kit, the release stated. The team said The Citrus Kit will reflect Florida's prominent citrus industry, while The Phoenix Kit will retain and display the team's iconic purple and...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Orlando International Airport was ranked the third-worst airport in the United States for spring break travel, according to aGamble.com. The criteria were based on flight departure data from the U.S. Bureau of Transportation across the months of March and April. They found that 1.52% of flights in those months get canceled, while around 31% get delayed. In total, that means nearly one-third of flights at MCO during the spring break travel months experience some type of interrupti...

Self-proclaimed coupon queen, Christine Pugh, returns twice a month to host "Couponing 101" at UCF's Recreations and Wellness Center every other Thursday.Pugh said the course teaches UCF students the importance of financial literacy, how to save money by using coupons and how to access and utilize their SNAP/EBT benefits.
“Since college students have to live on a budget, I feel as though helping them stretch the dollars or, if they receive SNAP benefits, stretch those SNAP benefits to be...

Florida lawmakers announced that they would be temporarily delaying political ideology surveys at state universities on Sept. 13.According to state lawmakers, the Intellectual Freedom and Viewpoint Diversity Surveys for the State University System of Florida were delayed until spring 2024 due to a newly-passed bill that pushed back reporting deadlines from Sept. 1 to Dec. 31. The political ideology surveys were passed into law by the state in 2021. 
“Florida Republicans, and really a lot...