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The LaCrosse Fire Department went without a fire engine for the entire month of October before purchasing a new 2012 Pierce Dash engine.
Read More »LaCrosse Gets New Fire Engine After Month Without
Families Of Crime Victims Will Receive Teddy Bears To Aid Grieving Process
A Jacksonville-area woman is helping families cope with loss by making teddy bears made out of clothing of loved ones killed due to violent crime.
Read More »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 »‘In God We Trust’ To Be Displayed In Public Schools
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.
Read More »Marjory Stoneman Douglas: The Grande Dame Of The Everglades
Marjory Stoneman Douglas was an American journalist, author, women's suffrage advocate and environmentalist known for her unfaltering defense of the Everglades against efforts to drain it and regain land for development.
Read More »Florida Voices: Vietnam Veterans | Forest Hope, Marine Corps, 1966 to 1968
Forest Hope hasn’t had a nightmare about his 18 months in Vietnam for the past 35 years, but he said that doesn’t mean he’s done processing what he experienced there. He served in the Marine Corps and stationed in Vietnam from late 1966 until mid-1968. Today, he is the president …
Read More »Florida Voices: Vietnam Veterans | Scott Camil, Marine Corps, 1965 to 1967
His story is well known within the Gainesville veterans community, but after all these decades, Scott Camil will still sit down to show and tell those willing to listen about his evolution from well-trained soldier to peace activist. He was twice wounded as a Marine in country, then again by …
Read More »Florida Voices: Vietnam Veterans | Harvey Goldstein, Army, 1965 to 1967
While he tries to search for the positives of Americans’ involvement in Vietnam, Harvey Goldstein often comes up empty. If anything, it might be the massive infrastructure system the United States military helped to build and then left behind. Goldstein was a south Florida judge after returning from the war …
Read More »Florida Voices: Vietnam Veterans | Bruce Lamoureux, Air Force, 1959 to 1966
Bruce Lamoureux didn’t serve in country during the early years of the conflict in Vietnam, but his work aboard a ship in the South China Seas gave him a perspective on Navy operations as an enlisted man. He serviced airplanes before they took off and after they returned, serving a …
Read More »Pearl Harbor: 75 Years Later
In recognition of the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, WUFT presents “Pearl Harbor: 75 Years Later,” a short documentary that tells the stories of four veterans — Francis "Dutch" Scholtz of Jacksonville, Duane Reyelts of St. Augustine, and Frank Emond and Cass Phillips of Pensacola — who survived those infamous two hours that greatly altered the course of American history.
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