Police interaction with local communities is currently under intense scrutiny from the national media but the repercussions or feelings after an interaction often fail to make the cut. Police have received positive and negative public outcries in both praise and opposition of local police practices since 2016 began.
Read More »Basketball Cop Brings New Benefits, Issues to Local Community
The Basketball Cop Foundation's new basketball court built in a local backyard, moving the neighborhood kids from the street to an enclosed environment, has had a positive impact on the community while also creating new concerns in the neighborhood.
Read More »UF Club Gives 3D Printed Prosthetics to Local Children
GRiP, a student-run club at the University of Florida, provided 3D printed prosthetics to 12 families last weekend.
Read More »Plans Underway For New Bee Research Lab At UF
The new lab will replace the existing one and include a separate teaching complex. Researchers are hoping to make it the top honey bee research laboratory in the U.S.
Read More »Body Found in Bradford County Retention Pond, Yet to be Identified
Officials believe a body found in a Keystone Heights retention pool Monday could be 51-year-old Katherine Jarosz, who went missing on Feb. 28.
Read More »Crash-landing Pilot Happy To Be Alive; Apologizes For Traffic Jam
On Sunday, the couple planned a flight from Fort Lauderdale to Tallahassee, with Gainesville set as a pit stop for fuel and a bathroom break. On Monday, they are happy to be alive.
Read More »Homegrown Food Purveyors Spotlighted During Local Food Week
Alachua County is continuing efforts to shine a light on businesses who produce locally grown foods to the public and the health implications and benefits of eating local.
Read More »Q & A: Gainesville Commission Candidate Jim Konish
Jim Konish is running for District IV City Commissioner. Konish sat down with WUFT to answer some questions.
Read More »Former Gainesville Biomass Plant Supplier Files for Bankruptcy
Wood Resource Recovery’s lawyers say the 2015 lawsuit and last week's bankruptcy filing are connected.
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