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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: A new project looks to create permanent homes as Gainesville grapples with finding temporary housing for the homeless. “Since the approval on Nov. 14, there have not been any residents …
Read More »The Point, Nov. 21, 2023: Alachua County considers shipping container homes for homeless
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: Alachua County investigates a proposal for permanent shipping container housing for the homeless. “The housing units will be crafted from recycled shipping containers. The containers are used as the structural …
Read More »The Point, Nov. 20, 2023: Rep. Hinson proposes body cams for Lowell prison
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: Young man who died alone in plane crash near Gainesville dreamed of becoming commercial pilot. “The pilot was the plane’s new owner, Adrien James Valentine, 21, of Melrose, according to …
Read More »The Point, Nov. 16, 2023: Gainesville family battles near-constant flooding
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: The war against flooding: A Gainesville family’s nightmare. “The Blanchards live in a downstream neighborhood that sits at the bottom of a 480-acre watershed that starts at Newberry Road and …
Read More »Laughing stock: Sheriff’s office finds wandering steer in High Springs
It’s an udderly puzzling mystery: Whose Brahman steer did sheriff’s deputies wrangle in a rural community near High Springs? Tongues-in-cheeks, deputies called it a “very high steaks case” and added, “We have a real beef with him wandering around.” Get it? The animal was found last week off Old Bellamy …
Read More »Local law enforcement agencies tackle staffing shortages addressed by statewide bonus program
Lexi Burks didn’t join law enforcement for the money. In fact, she grew up telling herself she’d never become a cop, despite her interest in criminal justice. After more exposure to the job of deputies, however, the High Springs native said she knew it was something she had to do, …
Read More »The Point, Nov. 8, 2023: Women say mystery illness caused by breast implants
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: Malachowsky Hall remains closed for students despite grand opening Friday. “Students approached the new building Monday morning, often looking for new study spaces or to tour the locations of their …
Read More »The Point, Nov. 7, 2023: Special legislative session brings hurricane relief, school vouchers
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: Lee property development plan approval could mean a UF golf course. “A development plan on one of Alachua County’s 47 environmentally sensitive ecosystems will be evaluated Nov. 7 to determine …
Read More »A compassionate cook takes big life step: building and receiving a home
Alachua County resident Kiana Clayton got a home of her own last Thursday. Clayton, 26, is a manager and cook at Bev’s Drive-Thru. She has worked there for the past decade. She needed help finding an affordable place to live, so she turned to her sister for guidance, who just …
Read More »Judge backs water pumping permit in Ginnie Springs legal battle
TALLAHASSEE — After years of legal battling, an administrative law judge Tuesday supported renewing a permit to allow piping hundreds of thousands of gallons of water a day to a North Florida bottling plant. Judge Francine Ffolkes rejected arguments raised by the Florida Springs Council and said the Suwannee River …
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