Brittany Wienke

Brittany is a reporter for WUFT News and can be contacted by calling 352-392-6397 or emailing news@wuft.org.

Jurors in the Casey Anthony trial head home

After the six-week, high-profile trial, the jurors of the Casey Anthony trial go home to the Clearwater area. As WUFT-FM’s Brittany Wienke reports, their lives will most likely return to normal. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/AnthonyJury.mp3]

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Marion County: Home of the 4-Day School Week

The Marion County school board voted to approve 4-day school weeks for the 2012-2013 school year. As WUFT-FM’s Brittany Wienke reports, school board members are working out the school schedule now to avoid problems later. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/school board wrap.mp3]

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Heat wave remains in North Central Florida

The intense heat felt in North Central Florida in the past few days shows no sign of letting up for the weekend. As Florida’s 89.1 WUFT-FM’s Brittany Wienke reports, the heat is due to atmospheric pressures [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/heat wave wrap.mp3]

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WithlacoocheeTrail receives national recognition

On any given day you can see hikers, bikers, and horseback riders on the WithlacoocheeTrail, which winds for almost 50 miles through towns and forests. As Florida’s 89.1 WUFT-FM’s Brittany Wienke reportes, this long-loved trail has received national accolades. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/trails wrap.mp3]

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“Suds” opens at the Hippodrome State Theatre

The latest production at the Hippodrome State Theatre is a funny and musical romp through the sixties told through the storyline of a woman in love, a laundromat and her guardian angels. WUFT-FM’s Brittany Wienke talked with two of the actors from the play called “Suds.” [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/FPSudsFinal.mp3]

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Ocala family plans to bottle Salt Springs water

The first time the Moody family approached the Marion County Commission for a special use permit to build a bottling plant near their twelve-acre site in Salt Springs, they were denied by a slim majority of 3 to 2. The Moody family revised their proposal: instead of building a large …

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