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Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • Florida Storms: Forecasters are watching three areas in the tropics, two could be named soon. “The National Hurricane Center has given these two areas a moderate chance to develop in the next …
Read More »Master Ong imparts the tradition of taekwondo at Ocala school
Ong’s Taekwondo Academy has been in Ocala since 2006 teaching the martial art to students from 3 years old to adults.
Read More »The Point, Aug. 15, 2023: Rounding up the changes to Florida education as school year begins
NPR reviews the changes students, parents and educators will see.
Read More »Outreach Thrift Store sees and sorts it all, serving Gainesville’s local communities for decades
One person donated a pair of fuzzy handcuffs. Another person gave a .30-caliber gun stored inside a pants pocket. Similarly, several sex toys have been donated. The items, no matter how bizarre, wait to be sorted inside the donation box of Gainesville’s Outreach Center Thrift Store. “There’s some strange things …
Read More »The Point, Aug. 10, 2023: GRU rates increase, Florida ticket wins jackpot, a man rides a train
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: Clay County Commissioner Kristen Burke offers her voice to Russell Landing contamination concerns. “Residents worried that Solite’s operations left behind carcinogenic chemicals and heavy metals that made their way into …
Read More »Newberry archery championship hosted generations of archers
The Easton Newberry Archery Center, which is overseen by The Florida Archery Foundation, hosted more than 70 archers for the USAA Florida State Outdoor 720 Championships last week.
Read More »Clay County Commissioner Kristen Burke offers her voice to Russell Landing contamination concerns
GREEN COVE SPRINGS — Eighteen years ago, on their way to church on Sunday mornings, Kristen Burke and her husband would go out of their way to drive through a neighborhood called Russell Landing to admire the houses perched on rolling green lawns. Located about 50 miles northeast of Gainesville …
Read More »The Point, Aug. 9, 2023: One year of 988, DeSantis campaign shuffle, ‘Barbie’ makes $1 billion
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: 988 hotline, one year later: mental health professionals talk positives and pitfalls. “Erin Brooker Lozott has worked in the field of autism and mental health for 29 years. She answers …
Read More »The Point, Aug. 8, 2023: Feds investigate Florida DOE, gun summit day 2, ice cream locks
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: Day 2 of Gainesville’s gun violence summit closes with much work ahead. “Community leaders, gun violence prevention experts and the general public gathered to discuss possible policy options and try …
Read More »Acclaimed photographer Jerry Uelsmann gains new fans at the Harn’s “Celebration of Life and Art” exhibit
The exhibit “Jerry Uelsmann: A Celebration of His Life and Art,” continues through Feb. 18 at the Harn Museum of Art. The renowned photographer was a professor at the University of Florida for 38 years.
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