Amanda Di Lella
Amanda is a reporter for WUFT News and can be contacted by calling 352-392-6397 or emailing news@wuft.org.
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                        Discussion has sparked over driving under the influence checkpoint protocol after a Levy County officers allowed a man to continue driving though he never rolled down his window to interact with officers at a New Year's Eve DUI checkpoint.
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                        An Alachua County teacher is refusing to administer a state-mandated test to her students.
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                        Southeast Alachua County landowners discuss Plum Creek Timber Company's proposal to develop parts of the city and express their concerns.
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                        After two break-ins at Alachua Habitat for Humanity projects, the organization is making changes to the way it stores equipment.
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                        Probiotics are a bacterial health supplement mainly used to treat digestive problems. Researchers are looking into additional health benefits from using probiotics as the demand for them increases.
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                        A skeleton was discovered in a tent in Ocala Sunday night. The remains give no indication as to what happened, authorities said.
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                        Mechanical harvesters spent part of the week at the Powers Park access channel on Newnans lake, two miles east of Gainesville.
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                        The Alachua County Virtual Cemetery Project is preserving the county's past by cleaning gravestones and posting photos online.
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                        Applications for the federally funded Homeowner Rehabiliation Program are now available to help repair health and safety violations in homes of those who may not be able to afford it.
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                        On Thanksgiving Day each year, the St. Francis House uses food and money donations from the community in order to provide the homeless with a full Thanksgiving dinner. But this year, they are looking at nearly bare cupboards.