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World War II veteran and Hawthorne resident Clyde Bell celebrated his 100th birthday over the weekend with family and friends. Read about the party and how he and his 95-year-old wife met more than seven decades ago at WUFT.org.

At a public forum Monday night, Ed Bielarski, GRU's general manager, took questions from concerned citizens about GRU's efforts to purchase the GREC biomass plant. Some called for more accountability and others worry the city may enter into another unfair deal.

Gainesville Regional Utilities General Manager Ed Bielarski made his case to the Alachua County commission Tuesday night for GRU's $750 million purchase of the biomass plant in the city, saying that the purchase will result in utility-rate reductions of 8 to 10 percent for GRU customers.

A recently released list of counties that do not comply with ICE detainers ranked Alachua County as eighth. Alachua County Sherriff's Office says they've followed the letter of the law.

UF GRiP, a club that designs and 3-D prints prosthetic devices, brought some of their creations to Hand Camp, a camp for kids with upper-limb differences, in Starke, Florida.

The organization Emerge USA held a panel-style town hall meeting Tuesday on the University of Florida campus discussing the effects of President Donald Trump's newly proposed travel ban.

In front of about 70 students, Sandra Bland's sister and Michael Brown's father shared their family members' stories and encouraged activism in the black community.

A body recovered by search crews looking for a small plane that went missing Sunday near Cedar Key has been identified as 65-year-old Jasper Jerrels.

A black bear cub, believed to be one of three cubs recently released into the Goethe State Forest was sighted in a Williston woman's backyard over the weekend.

A fourth-grade teacher in Gainesville recently asked Mayor Lauren Poe to help get National School Choice Week declared as Gainesville Public School Week instead. Meanwhile, Florida charter and private schools are hosting open-house events as more parents across the nation are turning to such options over the public schools their children are zoned for.