University of Florida tight end A.C. Leonard was arrested last night on domestic battery charges by the Gainesville Police Department. Police say that at around 8 p.m. Wednesday, Leonard was involved in an incident at the Polos apartment on Southwest Williston road where he pushed a female victim, as well as pulled …

The two Gainesville High School students who posted a second viral video on YouTube will no longer attend the school. The second video they posted shows two Gainesville High School students responding to messages they call hate mail that are in reponse to the girls’ first offensive video. While the girls answer this …

A new study by the Governors Highway Safety Administration has produced a troubling finding. Traffic deaths involving 16 and 17 year olds were up in the first six months of last year. GHSA Executive Director Barbara Harsha says that it may be due in part to declining effectiveness of the …

A Florida Senate panel is signing off on a nearly $70.8 billion budget. The Senate Budget Committee approved the budget on Wednesday, even though some legislators criticized proposed cuts included in the spending plan. The budget cuts $400 million from the state’s public universities, including substantial cuts to the University …

For the second time, an anti-hazing task force will meet at the University of Florida to look at ways of eliminating the practice.  One fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha has been placed on an “interim suspension” while officials investigate allegations of a hazing incident.  UF spokesperson Janine Sikes says many meetings …

The University of Florida had a record number of applicants for 2012-2013 school year.  More than  11,700 applicants were accepted for the Summer B and Fall 2012 semesters.  Director of the UF News Bureau Steve Orlando says the university looks at much more than test scores when admitting students. [audio:https://www.wuft.org/news/files/2012/02/Orlando-4.mp3|titles=Orlando …

FDLE press release A Florida Missing Child Alert has been issued for Jessica Krieg, a white female, 16 years old, 5 feet 01 inches tall, 105 pounds, green eyes, and blonde hair that is believed to have been recently dyed brown. She was last seen in the area of the …

Georgia will have two new nuclear reactors helping to power its grid in the coming years after the Nuclear Regulatory Comission approved their construction. The move concerns some in the wake of the disaster at Fukushima in Japan less than a year ago. [audio:https://www.wuft.org/news/files/2012/02/Nuclear-Reax-Approval-Wrap.mp3|titles=Nuclear Reax Approval Wrap]

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. …