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Williston's Regional General Hospital in Levy County is in deep financial straights

Forest Meadows Funeral Homes hosted a Memorial Day ceremony at the Military Garden of Honor in Gainesville on Monday.

The sound of military taps filled the air at Evergreen Cemetery as the Milton Lewis Young Marines and cemetery staff honored Corporal Milton Lewis on Memorial Day.

The state of Florida hasn't been hit with a hurricane in more than a decade, and that has state emergency managers concerned residents might not be prepared for the worst.

An Alachua County Public Schools student is in serious condition after a semi truck hit the school bus he was boarding on Northeast Waldo Road on Tuesday.

A 16-year-old Gulf High School student drowned in the Weeki Wachee River at Rogers Park on Monday.

A donation of $1.5 million dollars will be given to Alachua County Public Schools over the next three years to help the district provide mental health services to four elementary schools considered to be high-needs schools. The grant, which was donated anonymously, will help provide additional mental health services to children at Lake Forest Elementary, Idylwild Elementary, Metcalfe Elementary and Rawlings Elementary.

Bus passes for homeless have been changed from a year long pass to monthly passes. People were using GRACE Marketplace services from 30 to 60 days. Some of the year long passes were being sold on Craigslist and other websites by homeless people.

WUFT spoke with UF Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Paul D’Anieri for more analysis about the turmoil in the Middle East.

Gainesville has launched a new website called SafeGNV.org that centralizes updates on weather, traffic and emergency information during hurricane season. The site, which is designed to be a central online and mobile information source, is part of Citizen Centered Gainesville's initiative promoting safety and storm preparedness.