Tag Archives: Dixie County

Florida schools to receive extra $134 million for improved student performances

By on February 26th, 2013 | Last updated: February 26, 2013 at 5:43 pm

This year, Florida schools will receive $134.6 million in performance-related funds, with $2,139,922 of that going to schools in the Gainesville area.

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About 10,000 additional Suwannee acres designated for recreational hunting

By on October 29th, 2012 | Last updated: December 20, 2012 at 3:54 pm

The Suwannee River Water Managment District has added nearly 10,000 acres for public hunting. Deer, hog, turkey and small game hunting is available on these and other District lands from September to April.

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Dixie County’s Ten Commandments controversy is back at the lower court

By on August 16th, 2012 | Last updated: September 26, 2012 at 1:45 pm

By Stephanie Denardo – WUFT-FM The fight over a monument displaying the Ten Commandments in front of the Dixie County Courthouse is back before the lower court. Earlier the American Civil Liberties Union sued on behalf of a North Carolina [...]

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Dixie county surveys Debby situation

By on June 25th, 2012 | Last updated: March 28, 2013 at 3:39 pm

Coastal Dixie County remains in the tropical storm warning area of Tropical Storm Debby.  This morning WUFT-FM’s Forrest Smith talked with Dixie County Manager Mike Cassidy about conditions in the county and how some of the coastal communities have been [...]

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Religious controversy rattles the residents of Bradford County

By on May 24th, 2012 | Last updated: September 27, 2012 at 2:43 pm

By Blake Alderman – WUFT-FM A recent controversy has taken over the town of Starke, Fla., regarding a monument of the Ten Commandments outside the Bradford County Courthouse. So far more than 100 people have protested in the ongoing debate [...]

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