Christina DeVarona
Christina is a reporter for WUFT News and can be contacted by calling 352-392-6397 or emailing news@wuft.org.
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Sexual Assault Awareness Month begins with free Aikido self defense classes in the United Training Center with Aikido of Gainesville. Classes are held every thursday and taught by Sensei Tom Huffman and Keith McInnis.
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Sexual assault victims and members of the community gathered together Wednesday night to raise awareness of rape and sexual assault.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service issued Wednesday a temporary, mandatory ban on campfires in the Ocala National Forest.
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Following North Korea's announcement to restart a reactor at its main nuclear complex, Cpl. Duane Dewey, Congressional Medal of Honor winner from the Korean War, reflects on the implications of the announcement.
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WUFT visited Millhopper Montessori School to see how children in the Gainesville area celebrated International Children's Book Day.
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Alachua County had the highest recycling rate in the state in 2011 for the second straight year, a recent report says.
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The University of Florida received a three-year $296,000 suicide prevention grant in August from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
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Kelvin Lee Coleman, 37, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, according to a press release by the Marion County Sheriff's Office.
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The White House's newly released sequester, or governmental budget cuts plan, will affect Alachua County and Florida programs.
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Area educators will begin to prepare for the major, national changes to the GED test in 2014.