From left: Gainesville residents Erich Marzolf, 55, and Michael Haynes, 26, help each other make sandbags at the Alachua County Public Works Department's sandbag location, located at 11855 NW U.S. Highway 441, on Thursday morning. The men are strangers, but they are both working to prepare for possible Hurricane Matthew water buildup. “See if I can protect the front of my house," Marzolf said. "We don’t have gutters.”
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By Reagan Bresnahan | 3:22pmA group of about 12 people walk at the 2026 Sickle Cell Walk, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026 in Gainesville, Fla.
9/11 Stair Climb
11:14amA firefighter carries an American thin red line flag while walking stairs in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium during the 9/11 climb, Friday Sept. 11, 2026, in Gainesville Fla.
Kirk Vigil
By Juleidi Machuca | 10:21amJennifer Friend at the Charlie Kirk memorial hosted by UF's College Republicans on Plaza of the Americas, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, in Gainesville, Fla.





