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A court hearing for the teenager accused of fatally shooting 17 at a Florida high school has been rescheduled.
Read More »Hearing For Accused Florida School Shooter Rescheduled
‘In God We Trust’ To Be Displayed In Public Schools
A new state law is set to redirect millions from sales taxes to fund vouchers for literacy tutors and increase the percentage of teachers’ union members required to pay dues. The new law will also require school boards to display “In God We Trust” in all associated buildings.
Read More »Multiple Events In Ocala Mark Response To Forest High School Shooting
Ocala saw a flurry of events inciting both outrage and hope on Wednesday afternoon in the wake of Friday’s shooting at Forest High School.
Read More »10,000 Participate in ‘March For Our Lives’ Rally in Parkland
This was the scene of Parkland's "March For Our Lives," one of more than 800 similar events taking place around the world.
Read More »‘Vote Them Out’: People March From Gainesville’s Bo Diddley Plaza To Protest Gun Laws
WUFT reports on the March For Our Lives gathering at the Bo Diddley Plaza in Gainesville.
Read More »Loud, Late and Littered: Lake Geneva Parties Continue Despite County Ban
Just three months after the Clay County Commission banned motor vehicles from driving at night on the dry lakebeds of Lake Brooklyn and Lake Geneva, some residents of Keystone Heights are complaining that nothing has changed.
Read More »Yoho Talks With Local Walkout Participants Via Skype
Congressman Ted Yoho listened to high school students expressing their concerns about school safety and gun control.
Read More »North Central Florida Students Join National Gun Violence Walkouts
High school students across North Central Florida joined their counterparts nationwide to walk out of school Wednesday morning in solidarity and protest over gun violence reform.
Read More »Students To Walk Out To Protest Gun Violence 1 Month After Parkland Shooting
The demonstrations will last 17 minutes to honor the 17 killed last month. "If the government wants to keep getting paid, they need to listen to what we say," a Boise, Idaho, student said.
Read More »Broward County Prosecutors Seeking Death Penalty in School Shooting
Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty for the former student charged with killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last month even though attorneys for Nikolas Cruz indicated he would plead guilty if his life was spared.
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