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Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: State funding renews effort to save historic Priest Theatre in High Springs. “The state budget includes $1,040,450 to purchase and renovate the building, but it requires the city to match …
Read More »The Point, July 13, 2023: Lawsuit judge allows reenactment of Parkland massacre
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: Agritourism conference tours north central Florida farms. “Sarah Harris, one of the association’s directors, said they were expecting around 100 to 150 people to sign up for the conference. Instead, …
Read More »The Point, July 12, 2023: HCA Healthcare confirms data breach
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • Mainstreet Daily News: BOCC pauses meat processing plant until August. “The County Commission voted 4-0 in support of the decision at Tuesday’s regular meeting—less than 12 hours after holding a Monday joint …
Read More »The Point, July 10, 2023: 6 cases of malaria in Sarasota County
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: Alachua County realtor, veteran enters treatment court after threatening city commission officials. “A Gainesville man will enter a diversionary veterans treatment court after threatening Gainesville city commissioners via email and …
Read More »The Point, July 7, 2023: Forecast amended, above-average hurricane season expected
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • Florida Storms: Hurricane season forecast update: Above average activity expected. “One month into the Atlantic hurricane season, researchers at Colorado State University have again amended their seasonal forecast for tropical cyclone activity. …
Read More »The Point, July 6, 2023: Jalen Kitna takes plea deal dropping child porn charges
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • Associated Press: Ex-Florida QB Jalen Kitna agrees to plea deal that drops 5 felony child porn charges. “Eighth Judicial Circuit Judge Susan Miller-Jones placed Kitna on six months’ probation for each count …
Read More »The Point, June 29, 2023: DeSantis signs GRU control bill
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • Mainstreet Daily News: DeSantis signs bill changing GRU control. “The bill cuts the City Commission out of the decision-making process, placing GRU General Manager Tony Cunningham under the authority’s purview. The authority …
Read More »Federal judge rejects Florida’s ban on Medicaid coverage on gender-affirming care
TALLAHASSEE — Calling the state’s policy “invidious discrimination” against transgender people, a federal judge ruled that Florida’s prohibition against Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle’s ruling Wednesday largely echoed a decision he issued earlier this month in …
Read More »GPD officers receive written warnings after measuring women’s underwear at gentlemen’s club
Multiple Gainesville police officers have received written warnings following an internal investigation into the measuring of several female entertainers’ thongs during a surprise inspection at a local gentlemen’s club. Cpl. Brooke Shutterly and officer Emma Spaulding responded to a noise complaint at Coconut Cabaret: A Gentlemen’s Club on July 31, …
Read More »The Point, June 20, 2023: College Board won’t modify AP Psychology curriculum
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center hosts annual Juneteenth Breakfast. “Filer said she believes that every state that belonged to the confederacy should acknowledge their ‘birthdays’ as she calls them. …
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