A 43-year-old Gainesville woman was hit by a pickup truck and killed Wednesday night Northeast of Chiefland in Levy County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A 13-year-old boy was killed Monday morning when a tree fell on a mobile home in Levy County, just an hour after Hurricane Debby made landfall on the Big Bend coast of Florida at 7 a.m.

Governor Ron DeSantis is proposing $5,000 hiring bonuses and tuition at an academy to boost recruiting.