This Sunday the Florida Museum of Natural History is hosting a special event for the community. The event, “Ask a Paleontologist” is held from 1:30 to 3:30 pm. The museum vertebrate paleontology collections manager Richard Hulbert says people of all ages are welcome to bring in any mystery fossils for experts to …

A head-on collision Tuesday left a Hawthorne man dead, but the response from the community to help his family keep its organic family farm has been growing. Ed Sherwood was driving on State Road 20 Tuesday  when he collided head on with another truck, and was pronounced dead on the scene. …

North Florida is in for some chilly nights.  University of Florida meteorologist Jeff Huffman has a forecast that will make you want to bundle up.  Here it is: In the wake of a cold front Friday evening, temperatures will begin a downward spiral over the weekend. A second, much colder, front …

State Attorney Bill Cervone in Gainesville will seek the death penalty for a man accused of killing a 78-year old  northwest Gainesville man. Authorities allege Paul Quandit was beaten, stabbed, and tied up by cousins Maranda Martin and Austin Jones. State Attorney Bill Cervone says Jones’ involvement is part of the …

The Marion County School district is providing parents with an opportunity to give their opinions about schools. The survey that can be found on the school district website is meant to boost parental involvement. Marion County Public Schools Coordinator of Grants and Federal Programs Michelle Kernan says the district wants to give parents opportunities …

SWAG, the Southwest Advocacy Group, held a groundbreaking for a new center which will serve families in several lower-income neighborhoods on the west side of Gainesville. [jwplayer config=”News-video” file=”wuftnews/20120209-SWAGCenter.mp4″]

A new program at Gainesville’s HONOR Center will tap the manpower of local veterans as volunteers…to help ease the backlog of other veterans on the waitlist for Meals on Wheels. [jwplayer config=”News-video” file=”wuftnews/20120207-HonorsCenterMealsOnWheels.mp4″]    

Vice President Joe Biden is at Florida State University to push for affordable tuition. University of Florida Spokesman Steve Orlando says the university does what it can to help students deal with any hike. [audio:https://www.wuft.org/news/files/2012/02/Orlando1.mp3] He says UF has seen a $200 million decrease in state appropriation over the last …

By Florida Associated Press A 26-year-old man has pleaded guilty in the abduction and killing a 7-year-old Florida girl who was found in a landfill in 2009.  Jarred Harrell pleaded guilty Friday in the death of Somer Thompson and was sentenced to life in prison.  Somer disappeared in October 2009 …

The Florida Highway Patrol has released the names of the last three victims from this past Sunday’s deadly Interstate 75 pile-up.  Investigators says it was a family of three from Pensacola. According to a family member with knowledge of the situation, Michael Hughes, along with his wife Lori and his daughter, …