Changes to the requirements for Bright Futures scholarship dispersion will affect minority students starting July 1, 2014.

With home values in Alachua County slowly rising at an estimated rate of 5 percent and low interest rates for buyers, many local residents are deciding now is the time to buy a new home.

Gainesville early voting for the mayoral election opened Monday morning and continues through Sunday, March 17.

Monday marks what would have been civil rights activist Rosa Parks' 100th birthday.

With a grant funded by Carol and Barney Barnett, the United Way of North Central Florida had enough money to launch the reading program this year.

Around the country, 159 law enforcement officers have been killed. That’s an 11% increase from last year. But as Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Rodriguez reports, some sheriff’s deputies continue to take the risk, even if it means they may never come back home. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/JannyRodriguezFinalProjectDec2011.mp3]