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A grand jury has indicted three teenagers related to a triple homicide in Marion County. The State Attorney’s Office for the 5th Judicial Circuit announced on Tuesday that 17-year-old Robert Robinson, 16-year-old Tahj Brewton and 12-year-old Christopher Atkins are all charged as adults. Robinson and Brewton were indicted on three …
Read More »Here’s how 18 big issues settled from the 2023 Florida legislative session
TALLAHASSEE — Florida lawmakers ended the 2023 legislative session Friday. During the 60-day session, the Republican-controlled House and Senate passed numerous high-profile bills that lined up with priorities of Gov. Ron DeSantis. Here are snapshots of 18 different issues, with links to relevant WUFT coverage over the past several months: …
Read More »The Point, May 8, 2023: Special report: Exploring the latest in the battle against citrus greening
UF’s shrinking orchard is an emblem of the statewide groves its researchers are trying to save.
Read More »The Point, May 5, 2023: Florida’s governor can sign law changing control of GRU
The governor — not city voters — would select the board members who oversee the utility.
Read More »The Point, April 28, 2023: Boltin Center to be partially restored
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: Gainesville City Commission votes to partially restore Boltin Center. “The Gainesville City Commission unanimously voted Thursday to spend $5.6 million on a partial restoration of the Thelma A. Boltin Activity …
Read More »After family murders, suicide, Florida nears passage of bill to shield kids’ autopsy details
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Nearly two years after both her sons were killed by her estranged husband, a surviving mother is picking up the pieces of her life to move forward as untold storylines about the murders are just emerging. Minde O’Sullivan, 44, of Gainesville said her new marriage to the …
Read More »Jury seated in Andrew Gillum’s trial
TALLAHASSEE — A federal jury was empaneled Monday in the trial of former Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum, who was indicted last year on corruption charges including wire fraud and lying to federal investigators. Gillum, a former Tallahassee mayor, catapulted to rising-star status in Democratic circles as he campaigned …
Read More »The Point, April 18, 2023: Activists decry Florida plan to use mining waste in roads
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: Two people hospitalized following collision on West University Avenue. “Two people were taken to the hospital around 6 p.m. Monday after the driver of a red Ford F-150 truck lost …
Read More »‘Radioactive roads’? Environmentalists want brakes on Florida plan to reuse toxic mining waste
MULBERRY, Fla. – With much less notice than the Florida abortion, guns and education culture wars, a battle between environmentalists and a Fortune 500 mining giant is playing out in Tallahassee that critics fear could have devastating long-term health consequences. On one side is Mosaic Inc., a Tampa-based mining and …
Read More »Number of women with a concealed weapons license is on the rise
Gun safety experts in Gainesville and neighboring communities say they have noticed an increase in the last four months in the number of women applying for a concealed weapons license. As of the end of February, one-third of the state's 2.5 million concealed weapons license holders are women, according to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
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