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The dilemma of missing traffic signs

By on July 27th, 2011 | Last updated: July 28, 2011 at 2:42 pm

Gainesville has a traffic sign problem. It’s not that citizens are all disobeying the signs, it’s that people are stealing them. According to Gainesville Police Department spokeswoman Tscharna Senn, more than four dozen traffic signs have been taken this past year… some more than once in the same location. Florida’s 89.1 WUFT-FM Kareem Sandy reports.

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GPD continues to look for leads in recent murder of homeless woman

By on July 26th, 2011 | Last updated: July 26, 2011 at 8:07 am

Gainesville Police are still looking for more information in the death of homeless prostitute Angel Harris. GPD Public Information Officer Tscharna Senn although no leads came out of a recent sting operation, officers did arrest 5 people in connection with [...]

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Marion County inmates receive game cards to help solve cold cases

By on July 26th, 2011 | Last updated: July 26, 2011 at 8:07 am

Crime Stoppers of Marion County hopes a game of cards can help them solve some cold cases. The organization has recently started giving inmates at the Marion County Jail decks of playing cards that feature cold cases dating back to [...]

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Dixie County files appeal to keep engraved religious monument in courthouse

By on July 26th, 2011 | Last updated: July 26, 2011 at 8:07 am

Dixie County begins its fight to keep a granite monument of the Ten Commandments in front of the county courthouse. The attorney representing Dixie County is appealing a federal court ruling that ordered county officials remove the monument. The Dixie [...]

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New bus service for rural areas

By on July 26th, 2011 | Last updated: July 26, 2011 at 8:07 am

A new bus service will offer transportation to Gainesville for only a dollar. The route will run through Alachua County areas of High Springs, Newberry and Archer. The route will connect residents in rural areas to the city and Assistant [...]

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NFL Lockout end means new season for Jacksonville

By on July 26th, 2011 | Last updated: July 26, 2011 at 8:07 am

By Chantal Lamberth – WUFT-FM A sigh of relief has been released in Jacksonville, where business owners and sports fans alike, waited to hear the decision regarding the NFL lockout. Florida’s 89.1 WUFT FM’s Chantal Lamberth tells us that there [...]

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UF study shows gain in consumer confidence

By on July 26th, 2011 | Last updated: July 26, 2011 at 8:07 am

By Corey Bachman – WUFT-FM Although consumer confidence is on the upward swing, Florida’s 89.1 WUFT-FM’s Corey Bachman reports the aftermath of the debt deiling debate could derail any improvement.

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Optimism despite the debt ceiling crisis

By on July 26th, 2011 | Last updated: July 26, 2011 at 7:07 am

By Luis Giraldo – WUFT-FM Americans should expect an increase in interest rates regardless of a possible default in the U.S. economy. WUFT-FM’s Luis Giraldo spoke with Santa Fe College Economist David O’Gorman who says he thinks there is a [...]

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UF receives grant for oil spill study

By on July 26th, 2011 | Last updated: July 26, 2011 at 7:07 am

By Chantal Lamberth – WUFT-FM A roughly 7-million-dollar grant has been awarded to a UF-led team to study the effects of the oil spill along the Gulf Coast of Florida and Alabama. As Florida’s 89.1 WUFT FM’s Chantal Lamberth reports, [...]

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Marion County could faces harsher budget cuts

By on July 25th, 2011 | Last updated: July 25, 2011 at 9:07 am

By Kelsey Peck – WUFT-FM Superintendent of Marion County Public Schools has proposed the 2011 – 2012 budget. And as Florida’s 89.1 WUFT-FM’S Kelsey Peck reports, these cuts are much larger than expected.

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