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″]    

The Keira Grace Foundation is a local charity with the goal of bringing treatment to juvenile cancer patients in developing countries. Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Chip Skambis spoke with former University of Florida and professional wide receiver and self-described entrepeneur Chris Doering about his recent trip to the Dominican Republic on behalf …

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:http://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, …

Alachua County medical examiners have discovered the remains of a third victim in one of vehicles involved in Sunday’s I-75 accident near Paynes Prarie, according to a release from the Florida Highway Patrol this evening. This brings the tally of dead to 11. The Gainesville Sun confirmed with FHP Lt. …

The results are in, and turnout in Alachua County was not as high as the Supervisor of Elections Office had hoped it would be. Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Pam Carpenter says early voting and absentee ballot turnout seemed to indicate a higher turnout on election day. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/news/files/2012/01/Carpenter-1.mp3|titles=Carpenter 1] The …

With 8 candidates vying for the Gainesville At-Large 1 city commission seat, most candidates were not able to gain enough support to move forward to the run-off.  Realtor Donna Lutz finished fourth, but she is happy with the campaign she ran. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/news/files/2012/01/Lutz6.mp3] She says the one thing she would like …

Tuesday night election results have led two At-Large candidates to face off in Gainesville’s runoff election, but Florida’s 89.1 WUFT-FM’s Sanika Dange says to one of the candidates, this is not a surprise.  [audio:http://www.wuft.org/news/files/2012/01/SDPoewrap1.mp3] WUFT-FM’s Chip Skambis says another run-off candidate hopes the smaller field of candidates will mean more …

FROM NPR: NPR is projecting that Mitt Romney has won the Florida primary, with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in second place. With 98 percent of precincts reporting, Romney had nearly 47 percent of the vote. Gingrich had 32 percent. Update 10:07 p.m.: With all precincts reporting in Alachua county, …