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The office of Gov. Ron DeSantis says 57-year-old Gary Ray Bowles was pronounced dead at 10:58 p.m. Thursday after receiving a lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Starke.
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$178M Truck Route Will Attempt To Relieve Congestion In Starke. It’s Likely To Change The City One Way Or Another
To address the longstanding traffic problems in Starke, the Florida Department of Transportation is building a 7.3 mile, four-lane bypass between County Roads 227 and 233 on the city’s west side.
Read More »Florida Executes Serial Killer Bobby Joseph Long After 34 Years On Death Row
Gov. Ron DeSantis last month signed a death warrant for Long, scheduling this first execution since he took office in January.
Read More »Waldo Aims To Curb Speeders With Complete Streets Project
With the lack of police, Waldo has seen an increase in speeding along its main thoroughfare. Now the city aims to make the streets safer with FDOT's Complete Streets project.
Read More »Where In The World Is John Belushi? The Disappearance Of A Melrose Landmark
For nearly five years, two statues have greeted visitors outside of an old art gallery along State Road 26 in Melrose. The sculptures depicting the likenesses of John Belushi and Dan Akyroyd’s characters Jake and Elwood from the 1980 film The Blues Brothers have become a local landmark, but now the one of the sculptures is missing.
Read More »100 Stories From WUFT That Kept You Informed In 2018
Corrine Brown began her prison sentence, Alachua County and Gainesville leaders squabbled over seemingly every issue large and small, and six weeks into the new year, the Valentine’s Day school shooting in Parkland changed much about what was to unfold. It was a busy year in local and statewide Florida …
Read More »George Starke Jr. Celebrated For Ending UF’s Segregation In 1958
It was 1958, and someone from The Florida Alligator advised George Starke Jr., the university’s first African-American student, to wait in order to minimize distraction or disruption.
Read More »The Conservative Immigrant: MiYong Fitzpatrick Has Her Small Business In Mind
MiYong Fitzpatrick immigrated to the United States from South Korea in 1982. She owns a tailor shop and a laundromat in Starke, Florida and plans to vote according to her conservative values this midterm election.
Read More »Nostalgia-Tinged Music Video For ‘Gainesville’ Shows Tom Petty’s Intersection With City’s Past
Tuesday is the one-year anniversary of Petty’s death, and the official music video for “Gainesville” – part of his new “An American Treasure” box set – was released Monday.
Read More »A Q&A With The Van-Loading Man Named Sandy From Tom Petty’s New Song ‘Gainesville’
Sandy Stringfellow said he was “the first official roadie” for Mudcrutch, a forerunner band to Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.
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