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The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office has identified the two people killed in the mass shooting at the Jacksonville Landing yesterday.
Read More »Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Identifies 2 Killed in Landing Shooting
3 Dead Including Suspected Gunman After Shooting At Jacksonville Gaming Tournament
The shooting happened during a Madden NFL competition at a video game bar in downtown Jacksonville. A male suspect killed at least two people before taking his own life. Eleven others are injured.
Read More »Santa Fe Named Top Performing Community College In Florida
Santa Fe College will receive almost $3 million from the state in performance funding. SFC scored the highest among the 28 community colleges in Florida.
Read More »Liberty Phoenix Makes New Music With Folk Super-Group Pine
WUFT's Morning Edition host, Glenn Richards, spoke with the members of Pine about their forthcoming debut CD and Free Fridays concert at Bo Diddley Plaza tonight.
Read More »Alachua County Commissioners Discuss Raising Stormwater Assessment Fee
Alachua County commissioners discussed setting new rates for the stormwater assessment fee to bring in more funding to deal with the flood issues.
Read More »Alachua County To Move Fairgrounds, Extension Office To Newberry
After putting aside plans for a different site in Gainesville, the Alachua County Commission voted Wednesday to relocate the county fairgrounds and extension services to Newberry.
Read More »Gainesville Commissioner Encourages Switch To Paper Straws
Gainesville is looking to become a zero-waste city by 2040. According to Gainesville city commissioner Adrian Hayes-Santos, eliminating plastic straws may be a big step toward that goal.
Read More »Gainesville City Commission Asks GRU For Different Budget Option Without Rate Increases
Gainesville city commissioners aren't quite ready to approve a Gainesville Regional Utilities rate increase for the coming year.
Read More »50 Days In Office: Q&A with Gainesville City Commissioner Gigi Simmons
Gigi Simmons is a lifelong resident of the Porters community in east Gainesville, and as of May 17, she is the newest city commissioner to represent District 1 on the commission. Representing an area of Gainesville with some of the highest levels of poverty, Simmons began her tenure as commissioner …
Read More »Public Wi-Fi ‘Canopy’ To Connect Campus, Downtown Through UF-City Partnership
Gainesville could have an expanded public Wi-Fi access throughout the corridor of town stretching from the east edge of the University of Florida campus all the way to downtown as early as this fall.
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