WUFT News

Anti-Confederate Protesters Disrupt Independence Day Celebration In St. Augustine

July 5, 2018 Government and politics 0

A group of protesters in St. Augustine marched for the removal of an obelisk honoring the Confederate cause.

Gainesville City Plan Board Postpones Rezoning Decision for Church Land Development Proposal

May 25, 2018 Development 0

The abandoned St. Michael’s Episcopal Church currently sits on the land, located at the intersection of NW 23rd Avenue and NW 43rd Street.

‘In God We Trust’ To Be Displayed In Public Schools

May 4, 2018 Education, Government and politics 3

A new state law is set to redirect millions from sales taxes to fund vouchers for literacy tutors and increase the percentage of teachers’ union members required to pay dues. The new law will also require school boards to display “In God We Trust” in all associated buildings.

Plan Board Rejects Plan To Tear Down St. Michael’s Church And Build Businesses

April 27, 2018 Development 0

Representatives of CHW Professional Consultants proposed the area could be used for new businesses and a small park.

Why Some Northwest Gainesville Residents Are Trying To Save An Abandoned Church

April 25, 2018 Development 1

Stores like Starbucks, Walgreens, a fast-food restaurant and a bank with a two-lane drive-thru would be built in the church's place.

For Windsor And Rochelle, Citrus And Weather Shaped Future

March 15, 2018 Untold Florida: Your Neighborhood, Your Story 0

Once developed hubs for the citrus industry, these two communities now bear little resemblance to the agricultural centers they were in the mid-19th century. Instead, today they boast small-town values and fellowship as well as sleepy oak-canopied dirt roads.

After Florida Rampage, Some Owners Are Destroying Their Guns

February 26, 2018 National 0

In response to the killings of 17 people at a Parkland school by a 19-year-old with an AR-15, some gun owners across the country are waging personal protests against mass shootings by destroying their own guns.

Trump Hears Wrenching Tales At School Violence Meeting

February 21, 2018 Government and politics, Law and public safety 0

Spilling out wrenching tales of lost lives and stolen security, students with quavering voices and parents shaking with anger appealed to President Donald Trump on Wednesday to set politics aside and protect American school children from the scourge of gun violence. Trump sat rapt and motionless, listening intently as raw emotions reverberated at the White House.

Senate Tables Gun Bills Amid Parkland Outcry

February 21, 2018 Law and public safety 0

Two gun-related measures backed by Second Amendment advocates were put on hold Wednesday as students from Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and other schools pressured lawmakers for gun-control legislation.