Education

Pedestrian safety focus of joint City Commission and UF Student Senate meeting

UF Student Government Senators asked for major changes to university-wide pedestrian safety at the joint annual Gainesville City Commission meeting. Five pedestrians have died in Gainesville so far this year, according to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. At the meeting, commission members heard students’ demands for …

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Students question school safety day after bomb threat

Gainesville students are trying to understand why an 8th grader would allegedly send bomb threats before getting arrested Monday afternoon. The thirteen-year-old female is enrolled at Kanapaha middle school and was arrested after sending emails to Kanapaha Middle School and Buchholz High School on Monday, according to an Alachua County …

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Gainesville Regional Utility maintains power for customers amidst severe weather events

Gainesville was nearly unscathed by Idalia. The hurricane left behind debris on the streets.(Jimena Romero/WUFT News)

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida and Santa Fe College students received a warm welcome back to Gainesville… literally.   Students were slammed with excessive heat warnings and a hurricane within the first two weeks of classes. As Hurricane Idalia threatened a direct path to Gainesville, students began scrambling to prepare …

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