Steven Gallo

Todd Blake's life changed when he was diagnosed with cancer during his freshman year at UF. He has since graduated with a 4.0 GPA and has founded an organization to help other young adults battling cancer.

Jeannette Rizzi has written a one-woman show, hosts a podcast, and is working on a documentary she hopes will get picked up by HBO. But the Alachua native's motivation for her life's work is rooted in a tragic loss that sent shockwaves through the small-town community two decades ago.

Marvene Edwards tested positive for HIV in 1987. The 31-year-old mother of four was beaten, raped and shot in the head after walking home alone one night. She lived a life of drug and alcohol abuse for nearly a decade, but today she's giving back to others with HIV/AIDS in the community.

Seniors vs. Crime is now looking into taxes on gas and water surcharges collected by Gainesville Regional Utilities. The group was previously only investigating a complaint about a tax on electric customer charges collected by GRU.

A program of the state attorney general's office is investigating whether GRU, the city and the county may be inappropriately taxing a portion of utility bills each month, upwards of $2.7 million in taxes over the last three years.

Over the last two years the Alachua County branch of Seniors vs. Crime, a program of the Florida attorney general’s office, has settled nine cases on behalf of car buyers against Gatorland Toyota, a dealership on Main Street in Gainesville. The group has helped seniors recover more than $92,000.

A referendum on the November ballot in Alachua County will ask voters to approve a three-fourths of a cent sales tax increase to pay for increased repairs to local roads. The tax, expected to collect $300 million, would expire after 15 years.

You may recall a number of hazing incidents that arose this past spring at the University of Florida. Since then, most of the students who faced hazing…

Tens of thousands of young students across North Central Florida headed back to school today. Florida's 89.1, WUFT-FM's Steven Gallo checked in with…

For some students in Alachua County, the school day will be a little longer this year. Seven elementary schools will have their days extended by an hour…