These are not artifacts, challenge those seeking their return. They are human beings with family members. It’s time to bring them home.
Read More »The Point, Jan. 10, 2023: WUFT Special Report: Bradley Hulett
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News Special Report: Bradley Hulett: ‘He was the glue of our team’ “Meagan was sitting in her Las Vegas hotel room when her son’s girlfriend called her cell phone. ‘Bradley’s been …
Read More »The Point, Dec. 16, 2022: Gainesville commissioners pass new ordinance changing steps for criminal background checks
Private employers will need to change when they perform a criminal background check on candidates in order to comply.
Read More »Gainesville becomes first city in Florida to apply ‘fair chance hiring’ to private employers
The ordinance prevents employers from running a criminal background check on a candidate until after making a conditional offer of employment.
Read More »Data do not account for families experiencing homelessness in Alachua and surrounding counties
An accurate record of the number of families experiencing homelessness in Alachua County and surrounding areas is nonexistent. According to Patrick Dodds, the director of Continuum of Care in Gainesville, there are currently about 10 homeless families in the coordinated entry system in need of housing assistance. “I think the number’s probably 10 times that,” Dodds said. “Families are often kind of the invisible homeless.”
Read More »Inside the effort to diversify north central Florida’s largest arts festival
The Emerging Artist Program was developed in response to a challenge: What would it take to diversify the Downtown Festival and Art Show?
Read More »The Point, Nov. 16, 2022: NASA’s Artemis I moon rocket mission blasts off in spectacular display against the night sky
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: Artemis I gets off the ground, propelling historic mission. “Cheers and applause erupted from spectators at Kennedy Space Center in the pre-dawn hours Wednesday morning as NASA’s Artemis I moon …
Read More »Free health fair offers medical services to Gainesville community
The nonprofit Children Beyond Our Borders partnered with Equal Access Clinic to organize a free health fair event in Gainesville. The event will be held on Saturday, Nov. 19 at Parkview Baptist Church from 8 a.m. to noon. Some of the services that will be provided are exams to detect …
Read More »Prosecutors drop criminal charges against prominent real estate agents; related civil lawsuits settled
The State Attorney’s office has dropped its criminal investigation of employees of a prominent commercial real estate firm whose offices were stormed by an armed SWAT team last year. Around the same time prosecutors abandoned their criminal case, on Nov. 1, at least three related civil lawsuits and countersuits in …
Read More »Casey Willits: Gainesville District 3’s newest city commissioner
Democrat Casey Willits was elected Gainesville City Commissioner for District 3 in southwest Gainesville on Tuesday night.
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