Gainesville has two natural springs within its city limits. One was once the source of the city's water supply. The other was a popular swimming pool and gathering place.

Otter Creek Mayor and officials are looking for alternative for the town's drinking water issues. Residents are currently drinking water from other cities.

Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet approved Tuesday a proposal to buy former Gainesville Correctional Institution for nearly $1.4 million. The prison will be converted into a homeless shelter and the Morningside Nature Center will be expanded.

Gainesville artists use repurposed trash to create floats for the University of Florida's homecoming parade.

The annual Strike Out Hunger Food Drive on Monday is an effort to help people who do not have access to food by stocking food pantries.

Colleges around the country, including the University of Florida, are promoting restorative justice as a means to deal with student conflict. These practices focus on the needs of the victims, the offenders and the community rather than simply working to punish the offender.

(Photo credit: Christine Mikitaw/Flickr) A team of scientists — including a University of Florida geologist — is using a British Petroleum grant to examine the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico's ecosystem. They've discovering detectable levels of oil have entered the food web.

Gainesville organizations are teaming up to help prevent bullying, both in schools and on the Internet during Gainesville's Community Peacebuilding Month.

Death tolls for child abuse victims have increased, leaving the Florida Department of Children and Families under scrutiny for not intervening in time. North Central Florida agencies are working to combat the amount of child abuse in the area.

Sameer Saboungi, a University of Florida student, migrated from Syria when he was a child. The world, not just the United States, has a responsibility to answer to the horrors that have been quickly erupting in his home country, he said.