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Two Years Later, The Family of A Gainesville Homicide Victim Copes With Their...
In July 2016, Antonio Mason, 35, brought his wife and children to his in-laws' house on a Wednesday night two years ago. Suddenly, two masked men interrupted the family gathering of 22 people with a...
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2018 Candidate Roundtable: Alachua County School Board District 1 Seat
The election will be decided Aug. 28. In advance, we sat down with Certain and Griffin to ask them how they feel about a number of pressing issues within the district.
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2018 Candidate Roundtable: Alachua County School Board District 3 Seat
Incumbent Gunnar Paulson is running for reelection while challengers Judy McNeil and April Tisher hope to persuade enough voters to give one of them a shot on the board for a four-year term.
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2018 Candidate Roundtable: Alachua County School Board District 5 Seat
Voters will decide who holds the seat during the Aug. 28 election. In advance, we sat down with Hyatt and Wolfe to ask them how they feel about a number of pressing issues within the district.
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Two ‘Gun Dogs’ Are Helping To Sniff Out Trouble on Alachua County’s School...
Sheriff Sadie Darnell said during a July school board meeting that the sheriff’s office had agreed to set aside funding to provide for the training of two K-9 units, which would search buses for...
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See Coverage Of Florida’s 2018 Primary Election Results
From gubernatorial party nominations all the way down to school board and mayor's races, we have you covered for Florida's primary.
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Hawthorne Middle/High To Remain Open, Passes State With C Grade
Hawthorne Middle/High School received a passing C letter grade on Thursday for the 2017 to 2018 school year from the Florida Department of Education (FLDOE).
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Untold Florida: Waldo Community School Infused With New Businesses
Waldo Community School gets new life: A work space for local startups and businesses.
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Alachua School Board Voted It Down, But In Clay County, Guardian Program Is...
It was a unanimous vote among the school board members to not put the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act into effect.
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What Led The Alachua County School District To Install Water Filters To...
Records show Alachua County Public Schools (ACPS) began installing filters in August, having purchased 1,300 filters for its 36 public schools.
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Know Your Candidates: Hear From Those On The Alachua County Ballot
In the month prior to the 2018 statewide election in Florida, WUFT questioned candidates running for office at the federal, state and county levels.
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Voters Defeat GRU Referendum, Support $238M School Facilities Sales Tax
Gainesville wants its city commission to keep watching the city’s utilities.
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Alachua County School Board Election: Gunnar Paulson Retains Seat
After an indecisive primary race resulted in Tuesday’s run-off election, Gunnar Paulson can rest easy having retained his school board seat for another four years.
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Hope Squad Comes To Alachua County High Schools For Suicide Prevention Training
Hope Squad is a new nationwide program that trains students for peer-to-peer counseling to prevent suicide attempts among high schoolers, and the program is coming to Alachua County.
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100 Stories From WUFT That Kept You Informed In 2018
Corrine Brown began her prison sentence, Alachua County and Gainesville leaders squabbled over seemingly every issue large and small, and six weeks into the new year, the Valentine’s Day school...
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Half-Cent Sales Tax Brings Improvements And New Elementary School To Gainesville
Southwest Gainesville will get a new elementary school, and every school in the county will receive money for improvements from the half-cent sales tax Alachua County voters approved in November.
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Florida Department of Education Reviewing Alachua County’s Proposed Discrete...
Alachua County students are one step away from being able to take a new math course.
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Newberry Drug ‘Take Back’ Event Joins Alachua County, National Effort
Newberry's plan to fight opioid addiction, particularly in the youth, includes a six-member task force. The task force, which includes Mayor Jordan Marlowe, had its first meeting earlier in April.
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Neighboring Cities, Other Entities Weigh Partnering With Gainesville To...
Gainesville’s bid to seek municipal partners for building a broadband network is getting mixed initial reviews.
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Gainesville’s Cost For School Resource Officers To Increase
The Gainesville City Commission voted on Thursday to approve an agreement between the School Board of Alachua County and the Gainesville Police Department.
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