The Lake City community is working to help a family of eight that lost their home in a fire last week. Donations so far include mattresses, shoes, toothbrushes and sports equipment for the kids, and a GoFundMe has been set up to raise money toward a down payment on a new house.
Read More »The Florida Department of Health in Alachua County opened a new WIC office on Monday at the Town Hill office park, replacing the Park Avenue location.
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World War II veteran and Hawthorne resident Clyde Bell celebrated his 100th birthday over the weekend with family and friends. Read about the party and how he and his 95-year-old wife met more than seven decades ago at WUFT.org.
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The Falling Gators, UF's skydiving team, is partnering with Canopies for Kids to provide teddy bears for children at Shands at Skydive Palatka this weekend.
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Ten years after his death, the Gainesville Police Department named a new award in remembrance of fallen officer Lieutenant Corey Dahlem.
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Stand with Refugees was hosted at First Congregational UCC on Saturday. The event promoted coexisting as a community of diverse people along with refugees and the Muslim population.
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The annual 24-hour "Amazing Give" event raised funds for 75 local non-profit organizations
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Alachua County commissioners approved the donation of 11 county-owned lots in the Hammock Oaks subdivision to Habitat for Humanity Tuesday.
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About 300 veterans and their family members attended a ceremony Monday hosted by the Governor’s Office and the Department of Veterans Affairs, held at the National Guard base in Live Oaks, where Florida Gov. Rick Scott presented them with the Governor's Service Medal.
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Several volunteers work to dig "green" graves — ones with biodegradable caskets and no cement or tombstones — at Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery in Gainesville. See a video story on how one of the volunteers found peace in burying her mother there at WUFT.org.
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