The National Weather Service (NWS) is recognizing Deaf Awareness Week by releasing weather safety information for the deaf and hard of hearing. Weather alerts serve as important tools to notify the public of incoming danger, but some may not consider what it’s like to not hear the alarm in the …
Read More »Pedestrian safety focus of joint City Commission and UF Student Senate meeting
UF Student Government Senators asked for major changes to university-wide pedestrian safety at the joint annual Gainesville City Commission meeting. Five pedestrians have died in Gainesville so far this year, according to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. At the meeting, commission members heard students’ demands for …
Read More »Idalia survivor of storm’s fury near landfall: ‘Don’t ever want to go through that again’
The lengthy process of cleaning up started almost as soon as the rain and winds from Hurricane Idalia subsided Wednesday.
Read More »The Florida Wrestling Empire looks to conquer North Central Florida with more competitions
A wrestling league in Ocala seeks to expand its lineup of shows after just one year in business.
Read More »Florida inmates and prison officials grapple with ‘oppressive’ heat
TALLAHASSEE — Nearly a month into a stifling heat wave, corrections officials are attempting to alleviate sweltering conditions in Florida’s unairconditioned prisons, but advocates for inmates say the efforts fall short and aren’t being carried out the same way at all facilities. Throughout July, inmates’ supporters pressed the Department of …
Read More »UF student found not guilty for reckless driving after 116-mph ticket on I-75
A University of Florida student, who said he was trying to avoid being late for class when he was clocked going 116 mph on I-75, was found not guilt Thursday of reckless driving.
Read More »The Point, June 2, 2023: Florida members of Congress split on debt ceiling compromise
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • Florida Storms: Tropical disturbance in Gulf will keep organizing and impacting Florida into this weekend. “The area of low pressure is becoming better organized and now has a 50% chance of tropical …
Read More »‘Stop being racist:’ Tickets for loud music nearly 3 times more likely for Black drivers under new Florida law
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Darius Jermaine Ned Thomas Jr. was driving west on the Florida parkway in Jacksonville that runs along the St. Johns River, listening to music on a Friday afternoon in August in his Chevrolet Malibu sedan, when a sheriff’s deputy in a marked SUV pulled him over. “When …
Read More »Historic home set to move across Gainesville will provide affordable housing
At 100-years-old, a home will take a trip across Gainesville on Sunday at 8 a.m. in an effort to provide affordable housing. Tyler Smith is the man in charge of this project. “I was just worried about a home getting demolished when the City of Gainesville has a lack of …
Read More »Poets seek to revitalize North Central Florida’s poetry community with festival
Just two days after receiving the proclamation declaring April as National Poetry Month in Alachua County, E. Stanley Richardson’s work laid before him. Years of hard work had seen him graced with the title of Alachua County Poet Laureate by the county commission. But on a recent night at this …
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