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Alecia Abel takes steps toward becoming comfortable in her own skin and away from hiding who she has always been.
Read More »Always Alecia: One Woman’s Journey To Define Her Identity
UF Students To Skydive With Teddy Bears For Children At Shands
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.
Read More »Anthem Tattoo Raises Nearly $4,000 For The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Local tattoo parlor, Anthem Tattoo celebrated 10 years in Gainesville Sunday, with an event raising close to $4,000 for blood cancer research.
Read More »2016 Roundup: Kind of Weird, Huh?
In 2016, Donald Trump was elected to the White House. The Cubs won the World Series. And Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. In other words, it was the kind of year that seemed designed to make Florida news look normal.
Read More »Florida charity: Zika raises risks for homeless families
A Tampa charity is distributing insect repellent and mosquito nets to the homeless.
Read More »Putnam: Orlando Gunman Cleared Background Checks
The gunman who carried out the Orlando massacre early Sunday in a gay nightclub passed all of the legally required background checks for his weapons,
Read More »RISING ABOVE: Motivated By Painful Past, Alachua Native Champions Suicide Prevention
Jeannette Rizzi has written a one-woman show, hosts a podcast, and is working on a documentary she hopes will get picked up by HBO. But the Alachua native's motivation for her life's work is rooted in a tragic loss that sent shockwaves through the small-town community two decades ago.
Read More »Angel Tree Shines Light On Migrant Families
The Angel Tree Charity Project helps make sure struggling migrant families have a normal Christmas. Hundreds of families are helped with the charity project.
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