At street corners all over the county, crossing guards stop traffic as they help school children safely cross the road, and on Friday, as part of School Crossing Guard Appreciation Day, it was their day to be thanked.
Local residents have a new area to explore after a nature preserve south of Gainesville opened Saturday morning.
One Walmart closed, but the shopping won’t stop with the opening of a new store Friday.
The city of Gainesville is accepting applications for its Spring citizens’ academy program, designed to teach residents about the inner-workings of local government and city management.
The Gainesville Police Department and the City of Gainesville created a program to reduce traffic accidents on Southwest 62nd Street.
Sweet-toothed Gainesville residents have had frozen yogurt, ice cream and gelato to choose from. But a new restaurant will give them a fourth option to settle their cravings.
The abandoned Gainesville Police Department headquarters was demolished this morning as the first step of the building’s reconstruction process.
Texting someone over the phone requires a number. An email on the computer needs an address.
Where did you sleep Monday night?
Alachua County judges denied the appeals of 29 Occupy Gainesville protesters — including Bo Diddley’s son, Ellas Anthony McDaniel — to drop trespassing charges from 2011 during a case hearing Friday.
The Pew Research Center released new findings that showed about 70 percent of Americans browse or borrow print books from the library.
A Jewish center currently under construction in northwest Gainesville is set to reopen this fall.
For eight months, caregivers at the Carson Springs Wildlife Conservation Foundation have taken care of what they thought was a female Eurasian lynx.
An orthodontist’s office is usually the last place someone would expect to find touch-screen computers, fingerprint scanners and 3-D video presentations.
It was in the early hours of Jan. 29, 2012 when Alachua County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Todd Kelly received a call about an accident on Interstate 75 in Paynes Prairie State Park.
Despite receiving thousands of dollars from the Florida Department of State, the Hippodrome State Theatre is still struggling to break even on international films being aired through its Cinema program.
Qualifying for the 2013 Gainesville mayoral and District 4 City Commission races began Monday at noon and will last until noon Friday.
Gov. Rick Scott and his Cabinet voted last week to turn Ocala’s Silver Springs Nature Theme Park into a state park.
The Academy-Award-nominated film “Silver Linings Playbook” is a contender for the best movie of the year. But some critics wonder how accurately it portrays mental illness.
Off in the distance, a trumpet sounded. A man dressed colorfully in yellow, red and blue fluttered through the crowd on stilts.
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