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"Even that understates the actual number," county commissioner Robert Hutchinson said.
Read More »Report More Than Doubles Alachua County’s Total of Known Lynchings to 43
An Old Joe Replacement? Commissioner Wants ‘Something Everyone Can Feel Good About’
No concrete plans emerged.
Read More »All The Ways You Can Make A Difference This MLK Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is not just a federal holiday where you take off work. It's also meant to be a national day of service -- a time for action.
Read More »Three Ways MLK Speaks To Our Time
We know MLK fought against racism, but he also had much to say about issues in today's headlines.
Read More »Alachua County Is Sending UF A $302K Bill From Richard Spencer Event
Though Richard Spencer's speech lasted only an hour and a half, the county's costs associated with the event total more than $300,000.
Read More »Follow Our Local Delegation’s Work in Tallahassee with WUFT’s 2018 Legislative Tracker
Ten legislators, more than 200 bills.
Read More »City Wants Ideas for Duval Park, And You Have Another Week To Suggest Them
The new deadline is Jan. 16.
Read More »Gainesville Leaders Holding Off On Removing Corrine Brown’s Name From RTS Facility
A Gainesville city committee will decide how to handle the renaming of the Corrine Brown Transit Facility.
Read More »Newberry Lynchings: Should They Be Memorialized?
Alachua County is considering whether to memorialize the lynchings that happened in the area between the years of 1891 and 1926.
Read More »Ex-US Rep Brown Get 5 Years In Prison For Fraud
A federal judge in Florida has sentenced former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown to five years in prison, followed by three years of probation.
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