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Florida sees an abundance of thunderstorms in the summer season. According to the National Weather Service, Florida can report 70 to 100 days with thunderstorms a year.
Read More »Anatomy of a thunderstorm shows why storms come and go in a flash
Gun trafficker, former jail guard avoids prison time in controversial sentencing
Despite illegally selling nearly a dozen firearms, including one to a stranger who used it to kill a young man and injure a mother of two at an Ocala Pilot gas station in May 2021, gun trafficker and former Alachua jail guard Kenyari Brewton, 27, will avoid a prison term, …
Read More »The Point, June 10, 2022: The tale of these two Florida cemeteries illustrates the problem of abandoned Black cemeteries
In Panama City, the histories of each are very different.
Read More »On Election Day, Democracy Rested In His Hands
Dekova Batey woke up on Tuesday more than two hours before the sun came up. 4:30 was early. Even for him. But it was the day that all of America had been anticipating. Election Day.
Read More »Autopsy: Cassowary Severed Artery In Alachua Man’s Arm During Fatal Bird Attack
The Florida man killed in a bizarre attack earlier this year by one of the world’s deadliest birds suffered deep puncture wounds and slashing cuts from the animal’s sharp talons that severed a major artery in his arm, according to a newly released autopsy.
Read More »Florida Nears 2-Millionth Concealed Weapon Permit
With the highest number of concealed weapon permits in the nation, Florida is on the brink of granting authority to the state's 2 million civilians with valid concealed weapons licenses the right to lawfully carry guns in public.
Read More »Florida Lawmakers File Anti-Gun Violence Legislation
Bold-lettered signs that read, “Stand up to the NRA”, “No NRA Money” and “Disarm Hate” floated above a crowd of Democratic legislators on the capitol’s fourth-floor rotunda on Tuesday. In a gun violence prevention press conference, freshman legislators unveiled proposed gun legislation for the upcoming session. It was organized in …
Read More »2018 Was When Alachua County Began To Reckon With Its Lynching History
Brenda Whitfield has lived in Newberry all her life. (Joshua Baker/WUFT News) Brenda Whitfield has heard stories of lynchings in Alachua County since being in middle school. The lifelong Newberry resident recalls her great-grandmother’s tales of people being hanged at “Lynch Hammock,” the site of several long ago extrajudicial killings …
Read More »Newberry Embraces Faith, Fellowship As Next Steps On Path To Reconcile Past
Faith, fellowship and forgiveness: The newest chapter in Newberry's winding journey for truth and reconciliation. From the Newberry Six lynchings in 1916 to the first year of desegregation in the town, Newberry has a lot to reconcile.
Read More »‘God Loves Gay People’: Pulse Survivor Lends His Support To Controversial Gainesville Conference
A local church is facing backlash from the LGBTQ community for promoting what some argue is “disguised conversion therapy.”
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