Brandee Smith's funeral is scheduled for Thursday at 10 a.m. in Palatka.

Lawmakers have cited rape in particular as a justification for allowing students to carry concealed weapons.

This is the key finding of the story: that rape is twice as likely to occur in the surrounding city as on the main campus.

Lauren Poe won Gainesville's mayoral race on Tuesday, defeating current mayor Ed Braddy and Donald Shepherd Sr.

The Alachua County school board is asking for help to fight against Senate bill 0524, which could take away funding for renovations to public schools. School board members point to a conflict of interest by House Education Budget Committee chairman, Erik Frese.

Gainesvillians celebrated the reopening of the Bo Diddley Plaza Thursday night during the frank community street fair in downtown Gainesville. The plaza closed last March for renovations.

Gainesville resident Adrian Hayes-Santos, a candidate for the city's District 4 commission seat, looks to improve after-school programs for children and Internet costs and install five-tier system for utility rates.

Mayoral candidate Lauren Poe and City Commission District 4 candidate Adrian Hayes-Santos won the Gainesville Citizens for Active Transportation’s (GCAT) endorsement over Donald Shepherd and Jim Konish, respectively, at the GCAT candidate forum Wednesday evening.

The Marion County Sheriff's Office introduced a new crime-alert system, "Business Sheriff Alert for Emergencies" that sends free text messages and emails to businesses similar to ones that have been victims of crime before. These messages include incident details, suspect profiles and photographs that can help with crime prevention.

Twenty minutes outside of Gainesville, farmer Roy Brown, runs the family-owned Brown's Farm. Their 4-acre strawberry field was covered Thursday, as Brown prepared for a wind chill around 20 degrees.