St. Augustine

Louise Divine and Herman Holley of Turkey Hill Farm sell their Hamlin oranges fresh on an online marketplace. (Courtesy of Turkey Hill Farm)

Agriculture

A citrus comeback is budding in North Florida

Rose Schnabel

Warmer temperatures and new technologies help an industry once lost to freezes.

Human Interest

Seniors Helping Seniors lands contract with VA in Gainesville

Joseph Torviso

Mike Walters needed to work just seven more years to earn his pension. Although he would be set to have an early retirement, he and his wife wanted to do…

The Horseshoe Beach community has come together to rebuild and restore their town. “Everybody who lives here has pitched in,” Horseshoe Beach homeowner Jerry White said. Horseshoe Beach, a small town on the Gulf Coast of Florida, was severely damaged by Hurricane Idalia two months ago. (Hugh Green/WUFT News)

Horseshoe Beach still recovering two months after Hurricane Idalia

Hugh Green

Over two months ago, Hurricane Idalia ravaged through the Gulf Coast of Florida, including Horseshoe Beach. This town and its community of fewer than 200…

Law and Public Safety

Fire severely damages landmark Williston restaurant in century-old building

Lauren Brensel

A landmark restaurant that has operated for three decades out of a century-old home in Williston suffered serious damage in an electrical fire Tuesday.The…

Heather Muson, left, Britt Renee, center, and Talia Munson, right, pose at the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo during “Boo at the Zoo” in Gainesville, Fla., Oct. 31, 2023. (Azhalia Pottinger/WUFT News)

Florida Good

Ghosts and ghouls fight hunger at 'Boo at the Zoo'

Francis Kapper

A can of Campbell's tomato soup is handed to Bluey the Dog. Bluey goes to the Boo at the Zoo food drive at the Santa Fe Teaching Zoo. He hands it to…

Kimberly Moore (left) and Jamuna Fheth (right) paint during the October support group meeting. (Jimena Romero/WUFT News)

Health and Science

North Central Florida support group brings hope to people with long COVID

Jimena Romero

Kimberly Moore, 55, of Interlachen, is in her second year with long COVID. After getting infected for the first time, her life hasn’t been the…

The Bartram Trail football team looks on during the first quarter of the game Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. (Austin Stirling/WUFT News)

Sports

North Central Florida has become a hot spot for college football recruiting

Austin Stirling

The state of Florida is a mecca of high school football recruiting.High school football players across the country try to show off their game to colleges…

An alligator swims at the Everglades National Park, Fla., April 23, 2012. A group of Floridians plan to host a series of competitions themed according to the collective antics of the beer-loving, gator-possessing, rap-sheet heavy, mullet-wearing social media phenomenon known as “Florida Man.” The games will poke fun at Florida’s reputation for producing strange news stories involving guns, drugs, booze and reptiles — or some combination of the four. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, file)

Arts and Entertainment

First ever Florida Man games will feature beer belly wrestling and 'evading arrest' obstacle course

Associated Press

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) — It ain't the Olympics, but a group of Floridians plan to host competitions themed according to the collective antics of the…

The Point

The Point, Aug. 4, 2023: AJ Owens vigil, AP Psychology blocked, Y-shaped trees

WUFT News

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The Point

The Point, July 20, 2023: Florida has new standards for teaching Black history

WUFT News

The changes were approved, but not without controversy.