Rachael Holt
Rachael is a reporter for WUFT News who may be contacted by calling 352-392-6397 or emailing news @wuft.org
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The rate of women receiving prenatal care during the first trimester has dropped in North Central Florida. Seven county health departments in the region have gotten out of prenatal care, and women in rural communities have to drive farther for their appointments. One woman remembers a couple who stopped on their way to Gainesville to deliver the baby on the side of the road.
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Gainesville's Citizens on Patrol program, which began in 2010, is working to expand from a modest 10-person unit to the likes of Citrus County's COP program which currently boasts around 500 volunteers.
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A shooting at Annie Mattox Park in Lake City left three people injured Tuesday night. One person was taken by helicopter to UF Health Shands Hospital and is in critical condition.
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A farm that uses Blue Grotto Spring water is finding a cleaner and more natural way to grow produce through hydroponic farming, a method that grows plants without soil.
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The Santa Fe Bridge Community Release Center, managed by Bridges of America, gives inmates like Gary Kreuscher an opportunity to find work in the community. The community release program is meant to help their client's from relapsing into criminal behavior.