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 Joaquin Benigno Garcia | June 7Judge Mikaela Nix-Walker speaks at the Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center.
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By Daniela Ortiz | June 7In March 2026, National Immigration Law Center confirmed cases where U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services paused processing DACA renewal requests.
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By Isabel Kraby | June 7The Bead Bandits shop gives away pride flags alongside its jewelry at the "Queer Makers Market" at 4th Avenue Food Park in Gainesville, Fla., on Sunday, June 7, 2026.





