Katie Mellinger
Katie is a reporter at WUFT News who can be contacted by email at kmellinger13@ufl.edu.
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Newberry High School teacher Jordan Marlowe runs unopposed for mayor in city elections. Commissioner Groups IV and V to be decided.
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The University of Florida's Sikh Students Association held its annual Turban Day at the university Thursday. During the event, participants were given turbans to wear around campus or Gainesville for a couple hours.
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Scott Fried, who was diagnosed HIV-positive at 24 and who spoke at the University of Florida on Monday to kick off Pride Awareness Month, has traveled the world sharing insights on living and dying with HIV. Read an interview with Fried at WUFT.org.
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Henry the Indian Rhino lost his home in an electrical fire. The Carson Springs Wildlife Foundation is racing to clear and rebuild his shelter.
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UF students created a non-profit organization that aims to provide 3-D printers and 3-D printed prosthetics to children with limb deficiency abroad. The students will work with the Florida Polytechnic University Rad Makerspace Lab staff to print 100 arms by summer this year.
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Florida has the third highest number of human trafficking cases in the U.S. FDLE special agent Jeff Vash sheds light on how trafficking cases are investigated and informs on what you can do to help victims in your community.
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According to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center, Florida ranks third nationally in human trafficking. Savannah Parvu, a victim and survivor of human trafficking, shares her own story about being trafficked beginning when she was 11 years old.
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The two suspects in the San Bernardino, California shooting died in a shootout with police after 14 people died and 17 were injured during a holiday party. That and more in 90 seconds.
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President Obama will present the Medal of Honor to a retired army captain for his service in Afghanistan. That and more in 90 seconds.
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A video roundup of local, state, and national stories for readers in North Florida. Produced by Lena Schwallenberg.