French game of pétanque finds a home in Gainesville

Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. • WUFT News: Stranded killer whale to be buried in Gainesville. “However, the skeleton of the killer whale found at Palm Coast will not remain in Gainesville. Instead, after the tissue decomposes, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History will add the skeleton to their collection in Washington D.C.”

From rehearsing in a construction warehouse to taking the stage at Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival, Jacksonville-based band Sauce Pocket has made strides in leaving its mark on the Florida music industry. The 5-man band secured an all-expenses-paid spot to perform at this year’s Okeechobee Festival from March 2 to...

Some tribal leaders say the university’s efforts to return them should serve as a model. Above: Listen to a version of this story that aired on WUFT-FM. (Katie Hyson/WUFT News) In the University of Florida’s Museum of Natural History collections, along with wooly mammoth bones and megalodon teeth, sit...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Hoggetowne Medieval Fair recently switched locations from near the Gainesville Regional Airport to a field on Southwest Archer Road. Gainesville residents traveling to attend the event expected a 10- to 15-minute drive but for most the drive took over an hour in standstill traffic. The...

Inverness, Fla. — On Jan. 22, demonstrators marched nationwide to campaign for abortion rights. But the following day in Inverness, demonstrators gathered in protest of abortion rights at the annual Roe v. Wade Memorial Service. Around 150 people met at The Old Citrus County Courthouse to mourn over 60...

Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. • WUFT News: The University of Florida holds the remains of thousands of Native American ancestors – the 11th largest holding in the U.S. “These are not artifacts, challenge those seeking their return. They are human beings with family members. It’s time to bring them home.”

The last place you would expect to find a killer whale is the University of Florida. Nonetheless, one was laid to rest at a secret location on the campus in Gainesville. The killer whale was found on Jan. 11 in Palm Coast, Florida. Upon discovery, several agencies responded, including Hubbs SeaWorld Research Institute, SeaWorld Orlando, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

The University of Florida Chinese Students and Scholars Association celebrated Chinese New Year during their Spring Festival by inviting students to participate in a variety of traditional Chinese activities and share food on the second floor of the J. Wayne Reitz Union on Sunday, Jan. 29. UF students from various backgrounds gathered to celebrate the start of the Year of the Rabbit and learn about Chinese culture.

One hundred and seventy-five. That is how many crashes involved a pedestrian or bicyclist along the West 13th Street and University Avenue corridors in Gainesville over the last five years. This prompted the city to partner with the Florida Department of Transportation, University of Florida and the wider community to...

“I love headwaters and sand,” Kristen Young said. To most, this is an odd remark about environmental features. But to Young, the newly elected secretary of the Alachua County Land Conservation Board (LCB), it was good reason for Alachua County to purchase the Lochloosa Creek Flatwoods property, “Sherouse and Flowers.”

On May 27, 2022, soon-to-be Newberry High School graduates lined the Exactech Arena as they waited for their names to be called during their commencement ceremony. Little did they know, their class of 135 graduates would be the most successful 2022 graduating class. Newberry High School tops the graduation rate...

Construction continues on University Avenue as two new traffic signals have been installed along the busy road as part of new safety plan. Concern for pedestrian and road safety on University Avenue has been a major concern ever since the tragic deaths of two University of Florida students in the winter of 2020-21. In May 2021, the Florida Department of Transportation made efforts to respond to these concerns by implementing temporary 3-inch speed tables along the road to slow down speeding drivers.

The CEO of Williston-based Airsign Airship Group was sentenced in federal court Tuesday for defrauding the federal government of about $7.8 million meant to help average Americans during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Patrick Parker Walsh, 42, of Williston, Florida, was sentenced to five and a half years in...