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Five visitors I'm watching when Florida takes on Miami this Saturday
On Saturday, the Florida Gators will host the Miami Hurricanes to kick off the 2024-25 college football season. This will take place in Gainesville. The Gators are looking for a bit start to an important season under head coach Billy Napier. 247Sports and Swamp247 have been checking in on potential...
UF scientist set to launch into space to experiment how plants 'adjust their gene expression'
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida scientist is set to make history Thursday by launching into space to see how plants "respond molecularly," according to a press release. University of Florida Astraeus Space Institute Director Rob Ferl will fly aboard aerospace company Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket Thursday...
Friday Night Frenzy Preview Week 2: Florida Gators recruiting
It’s that time of the year again where the Friday Night Lights are bright and prospects across the country are starting the high school football season. Like the past years Gator Country is going to do a preview every Thursday for all of the Florida Gators commits and on Monday we will do a full recap including stats and notes from the past weeks’ games.
Billy Napier breaks down depth chart ahead of 2024 season
Billy Napier met with the media on Wednesday evening after Florida football released its first official depth chart of the 2024 season. Napier comments on the health of running back Montrell Johnson, Florida’s offensive line, and answers questions about the week one depth chart. Here’s everything Napier had to...
Gator legend Billy Donovan returns to Gainesville, shares story of faith and leadership
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Nine years after leaving, legendary Florida basketball coach Billy Donovan is still giving back to the Gainesville community. Event organizers with “Impact for Living” said Donovan is a man of deep faith and conviction. “I wouldn’t change my 19 years here for anything. It...
Gainesville resource fair offers help for veterans starting small businesses
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - North Central Florida veterans are getting the resources to open their own businesses. Officials with the U.S Small Business Administration, Gainesville Vet Center, and Gainesville VA hosted the Veteran Small Business Fair Wednesday. More than 10 resource vendors filled the GRU eastside operations center to give information and tools for veterans to start up their own businesses.
Relax with the sloths at Carson Springs Wildlife Sanctuary
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - This week’s Wildlife Wednesday showcases Annabelle and Myers, our two-toed sloths. Different from three-toed sloths, two-toed sloths spend most of their time living upside down in trees. They are nocturnal animals and eat greenish algae as their main source of protein, which eventually affects the...
Florida Gators football primer: Billy Napier in Year 3, players create a covenant, roster and coaching changes
A new football season is upon us, and there has no team outside the top 25 that has received more attention entering 2024 than the Florida Gators. Unfortunately, it has mostly been for undesirable reasons. Head coach Billy Napier begins Year 3 in Gainesville, Florida, coming off consecutive losing seasons...
First-Gen Faculty and Staff Invited to Self-Identify
August 28, 2024 – Santa Fe College is a designated member of the First-Gen Forward Network because of its ongoing commitment to helping first-generation college students succeed. All currently employed faculty and staff members who were first-gen college students are invited to self-identify. We proudly share this information with...
Florida men’s golf seeks second national championship in three years
Last season was supposed to be a rebuilding year for the Gators after losing three key golfers to graduation. Instead, head coach J.C. Deacon guided Florida to the final round of stroke play in the NCAA championship. Florida returns four of five starters from the 2024 NCAA championship lineup and...
TV20 sports team breaks down Gator football with SEC Network analyst Paul Finebaum
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - With a few days until the Gator football opener. TV20 sports director Jake Rongholt sat down with Paul Finebaum to break down a variety of topics like the Gator football offseason, Billy Napier’s job status, and another veiled shot at Florida State’s shocking loss in Ireland.
DeSantis appoints 3 to Suwannee River Water Management District Board
On Tuesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis reappointed two people and appointed one new person to the Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD) Governing Board. Larry Thompson, of Bell, and Harry Smith, of Lake City, were both reappointed to the board while George Wheeler, of Madison, is a new appointment. “We are...
Three apes at Jacksonville Zoo die from a shigella infection
Three apes who were living at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens in Florida died from a shigella infection in the last week, the zoo said on Facebook. The zoo on Thursday announced the "unexpected" death of 35-year-old Bulera, a female western lowland gorilla. It said Bulera died from shigella, a...
Former CSX chief, wife donate $1 million to Jacksonville-based literacy nonprofit
Jacksonville-based literacy nonprofit Read USA has received a $1 million donation from the Michael Ward & Jennifer Glock Foundation, which is the largest gift in the organization’s 13-year history and came with a condition that doubled its impact. Ward, former CEO of CXS Corp., and his wife, a family and marriage therapist, required...
Man fatally shoots woman before killing himself on Jacksonville’s Southside: JSO
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A man and woman found dead Wednesday morning in a home on Windrush Lane were victims of a murder-suicide, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Officers responded to the home around 9 a.m. after they were told that a man and a woman in their...
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