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When The Lights Go Out And Stay Out
When Hurricane Irma swept through Florida, the power was knocked out to thousands of people in the Gainesville area. WUFT News reporter Luke Sullivan found out that even more than three months after the storm, some families are still in the dark. This week, we dedicate our entire podcast episode to one family's story of life without electricity.
Read More »With Half A School Year Left, Will Hawthorne’s Only High School Make the Grade or Close?
Once Hawthorne Middle/High School in May earned a D rating on the state accountability report, school officials chose the option to try one last time to improve its score to a C. Another D or worse, and the school closes.
Read More »To Sell or Hold Out? Robbinswood’s Remaining Neighbors Weigh Options With New Development Pending
Robbinswood residents in Gainesville question whether they should sell their property for what the developers are offering — even if it is not the price they are hoping for.
Read More »‘Rules Aren’t Being Enforced’: Neighborhood Near UF Fighting Against Partying
For the past two years, the University Park Neighborhood Association has been sparring with the city of Gainesville over the enforcement of the single-family housing code, which the association believes forbids most students from living in the neighborhood.
Read More »Gainesville Taekwondo Classes Build Up Intellectually Disabled Children
Star Martial Arts is one of at least 18 martial arts studios in Gainesville, but it has a component that makes it particularly distinct: catering to children with intellectual disabilities.
Read More »Tower Oaks, Majestic Oaks Average Most Cop Calls In Apartment Cluster
Tower Oaks Glen and Majestic Oaks Apartments have the two highest per-unit annual averages of calls for emergency service among the 15 apartment complexes in an especially problematic area known by law enforcement as the "Tower triangle," according to a WUFT News analysis of two years' worth of emergency calls.
Read More »Law Enforcement: White Nationalist Speech Results In “Mostly Peaceful Day”
White nationalist Richard Spencer's speech Thursday at the University of Florida prompted a state of emergency, carried a $600,000 tab and drew more than 2,500 demonstrators. But law enforcement summarized the contentious event, which devolved into an antagonistic affair, as “a mostly peaceful day.”
Read More »Gator Alumna Abby Wambach: I Abused Alcohol, Prescription Drugs for Years
Abby Wambach says she abused alcohol and prescription drugs for years until her arrest for driving under the influence in April. “I was stubborn and I was in denial,” soccer’s most prolific international goal scorer told The Associated Press in a phone interview. “I didn’t want to face the truth.” …
Read More »RISING ABOVE: Motivated By Painful Past, Alachua Native Champions Suicide Prevention
Jeannette Rizzi has written a one-woman show, hosts a podcast, and is working on a documentary she hopes will get picked up by HBO. But the Alachua native's motivation for her life's work is rooted in a tragic loss that sent shockwaves through the small-town community two decades ago.
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