Kai Su

The office wall displayed a colorful array of parakeet-themed art -- a detailed watercolor painting, an Angry Bird-esque cartoon, a photograph of a parakeet with a house cat.

Recent studies suggests a nasal spray form of the flu vaccine is more effective than the flu shot in healthy children ages 2 to 8, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Alachua Women Build recently finished its seventh home for Habitat for Humanity and will break ground on the eighth home Oct. 15. The seventh house, named the Memorial House, is now home to a single mother and her four children, who moved in over the summer.

The Community Redevelopment Agency plans to break ground next year on NW First Avenue, the street a block north of University Avenue bordering the businesses in Midtown.

Champions Park, formerly known as Nations Park, hopes to increase tourism after replacing the management director of the park and updating the contract to include new requirements.