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Photos: UF Homecoming and Gator Growl rocks the O’Connell Center
The Point, Sept. 25, 2023: Gainesville, state argue cases in GRU lawsuit hearing
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: Forest Park reopens after $3.6 million renovation paid for by Wild Places and Public Spaces money. “The park, which has been closed since February, has been transformed, and every element …
Read More »Photos: Florida Gators beat Charlotte for third straight win, the first 3-game winning streak for Napier
How a former Gator football star grooms the next generation of players
Newberry football head coach Ed Johnson led his team to a last second field goal victory against Calvary Christian on Sept. 15. A week later, with the school celebrating its homecoming, Johnson’s squad was up against the team that knocked them out of the playoffs a year ago. “Hopefully we …
Read More »The Point, Sept. 18, 2023: East Gainesville gets a half million-dollar HUD grant
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: HUD grant money to go toward improvements in East Gainesville. “Gainesville is one of the 14 cities nationwide that will receive a Housing and Urban Development neighborhood planning grant.” • …
Read More »Chomp the Block brings smiles to Gainesville despite the early rain
Under a splintering cloudy Friday sky on the verge of rain, hundreds of Gainesville residents and Gator fans celebrated this year’s first Chomp the Block – a block party dedicated to the Florida Gators. The event is an official Gators celebration, occurring throughout the football season on nights before home …
Read More »Photos: Gators dominate McNeese State in first home game
The Point, June 27, 2023: Susan Lorincz to face manslaughter, not murder, charges
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: White woman who killed Black neighbor will face manslaughter charges, state attorney confirms. “The prosecutor on Monday announced he also dropped charges of misdemeanor assault, misdemeanor battery and misdemeanor culpable …
Read More »Gators lose College World Series to LSU Tigers
After a dominant 2023 regular and postseason performance, the Florida Gators baseball team fell short of winning their second national championship in a sudden-death College World Series championship game against the Louisiana State Tigers. Head coach Kevin O’Sullivan and the Gators came into Omaha, Nebraska, for the Men’s College World …
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