More than 350 people with special needs walked the red carpet Friday night at Westside Baptist Church as Night to Shine hosted a prom night to remember.

Scattered throughout Bradford County, small wooden boxes have quietly been meeting the needs of a community — outcomes that don't always show up in data.

Residents from around Gainesville gathered outside of the Civic Media Center Tuesday afternoon to see the city’s newest effort to combat food insecurity: Gainesville’s first free-access refrigerator.

About 60 people attended the UF Office of Community & Belonging's Longest Table Event honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The event encouraged guests to connect and start a conversation.

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Food insecurity in Alachua County is higher than the 14.4 % average across the Sunshine State, and it's an area of focus for one local entrepreneur.

For farm owners in Florida, learning about new ways to build profit for their farm is a necessity amid the ongoing loss of agricultural land.

For Vinessa Chevalier, 45, roller derby is more than a hobby; it's a community and a family. Roller derby guided Chevalier through some of the most challenging moments in her life.

For more than 20 years, Dave Goboff has carried his puppetry from New York to Weston, Florida, and now to Gainesville.

Matthew Milton Bravo, a 20-year-old junior history major at the University of Florida, who in September was diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkin’s lymphoma, told WUFT News that he will be finishing chemotherapy by the end of December.