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The Florida Department of Education is returning $194,720 to the county. The repayment comes after the department docked the district in September for defying a state ban on classroom mask mandates.

Virtual reality might become a new training tactic that police officers can use.

Despite the pandemic getting in the way, this program has successfully increased their confidence and community with their classmates and families.

Alachua County and City of Gainesville commissioners held a joint meeting on Monday regarding the next taxation period and funding of Wild Space Public Places and Infrastructure.

This year, Gibbs Christmas Tree Farm Fraser firs are ranging from $50 to $160, depending on their size. Gibbs Christmas Tree Farm had to raise its sale prices because the price of trees increased from last year.

Alachua County Public Schools issued an announcement Thursday lifting its mask mandate in response to legislation passed during the state's special legislative session.

The City of Gainesville took the first steps toward making the Midtown parking garage open to the public. At a Thursday afternoon meeting, Commissioner Adrian Hayes-Santos said parking at Midtown was a top priority identified through the city's annual neighbor survey.

According to UF Health spokesperson Ken Garcia, the vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 is supplied in separate vials, which have a different concentration after being prepared. The second dose is given 21 days later. Elementary school parent Kerri O’Malley says she doesn’t believe that her children’s teachers have …

The Alachua County School Board voted 3-2 on Tuesday to extend the mask mandate for students through Dec. 6.

Alachua County School Board members on Tuesday voted in favor of a redistricting plan that has similar district boundaries to those that are now in place.

American Airlines restarted the flights this week, after the company suspended them for a year during the COVID-19 pandemic.

What Keiko Kopp’s story illustrates about pregnancy, healthcare and First Amendment rights in the state’s only prison for pregnant women.

The Alachua County Commission voted on Wednesday to approve a mask mandate for the next seven days, as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to rise across the region.

Above, Commissioner Ken Cornell discusses the current COVID-19 situation and what the emergency action means for the county.

Gainesville would be the first city in Florida to sue.

The Buchholz High School Math Team won its 13th national championship at the Mu Alpha Theta National Convention on Friday.

The ordinance would prohibit the relocation, removal, renaming, or any other disturbance to memorials of U.S. veterans and presidents.

The White House acknowledged the U.S. would fall short of the goal.

Researchers at the University of Florida have recently developed a rapid Coronavirus testing method which gives results almost instantly.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is encouraging all Florida Residents to purchase flood insurance as peak hurricane season approaches

Yewande O. Addie of the Black Student Storytelling Project has this remembrance told through the experiences of Black students at the University of Florida.

Mayor Lauren Poe said he plans to focus these efforts on those that have re-entered society after incarceration with monthly payments of $600 for 24 months.

Darnitha Gaskin has attended city meetings, urging the board to include helpful information and warning signs of domestic violence in the city’s newsletter.

The ordinance goes into effect Aug. 13.

On April 13, a preliminary needs assessment, feasibility, and cost study for the construction of a new animal shelter in Citrus County was presented.

The Wawa on West University Avenue was closed Monday morning after an unknown male reported a bomb threat at the establishment. 

The new memorial planned for the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office headquarters will honor officers killed in the line of duty.