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Members of the State Board of Education grilled the vice chair of the Alachua County school board at their meeting on Thursday in the Panhandle over Facebook posts she and other board members wrote about the deaths of conservative figures, including activist Charlie Kirk.
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Nicolette De Value/WUFT NewsBut the association is facing a growing challenge: recruiting enough new people to take up the mantle as longtime members step back. -
Long before moving to Florida, Vasanti Doshi attributed a sacredness to the Suwannee River, likening it to the Ganga or Ganges River in her ancestral India. To reflect, to celebrate, to mourn and to pray, Vasanti eases down the creaky steps of her backyard dock.
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Gergos El Dib/WUFT NewsSince DeSantis became governor, the number of executions has fluctuated, starting with a small number of executions in 2019, to having no executions between 2020 and 2022. Florida carried out six executions in 2023, one in 2024, and now in 2025, the record-breaking total. -
Courtesy of Yvonne HinsonGrowing up in Gainesville’s Eastside and going to a Title I school where “a lot of my peers were victims of gun violence or perpetrators of it,” Tubbs’s personal experience inspired her to create social change.
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A section of Southwest 24th Avenue between Southwest 91st Street and Southwest 87th Way was closed to through traffic on Wednesday after a small sinkhole opened. -
When Jordan Gonzalez was a young boy, he started hearing about his uncle Manuel Taboada’s death. Gonzalez didn’t know many details about the case, but every time the tragic murder was showcased on a true crime TV show, he would hear his father say, “That’s family…”
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“It’s great to see people helping veterans out here. Veterans have the opportunity to come through and can get special services they may need … maybe something they didn’t know about. It’s just good,” said Lewis. -
WUFT’s Krystal Felix explored the phenomenon and spoke with University of Florida marketing expert Carlos Lopez to get some answers.
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Kaley Mantz/Fresh Take Florida“We couldn’t take it anymore, the constant fear that one of us could be disappeared by ICE,” Silva said in an interview translated from Portuguese. “We wanted to stay in Florida where we’ve built our life, but my kids deserve a place where they feel safe and welcome.” -
Fresh Take FloridaThe Democrat-backed bills would ban the sales of assault-style weapons or magazines that carry more than 10 bullets, require background checks to buy ammunition, limit where guns can be carried and make drivers lock away guns inside their cars. -
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimated there are less than 1,000 ghost orchids left in the United States. The agency proposed it be listed under the Endangered Species Act earlier this year, a potential addition to its state protected status. -
Sydney Johnson/WUFT NewsA federal judge heard arguments on Wednesday in the case of a University of Florida law student expelled for antisemitic tweets. His lawyer said he was being wrongly punished for views the school simply didn’t like, while UF responded it has every right to remove anyone threatening violence.
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More than 1,000 American flags wave between the headstones of veterans in Gainesville’s Evergreen Cemetery this week, each one placed by a volunteer honoring a veteran’s service ahead of Veterans Day. -
St. Francis Vet Care, a nonprofit vet clinic, hosted a relay race on Sunday to raise funds for vet care for animals of low-income residents. -
John Pringle, President of High Springs BMX in High Springs, Fla. created a generational love for BMX racing with his two daughters, Kalia Pringle, 13, and Lilani Pringle, 16.
