Professor Dean Gabriel, a plant bacteriology specialist with the University of Florida, helped to map the genome of a Brazilian strand of citrus greening.

A 27 percent increase in home sales in Alachua County reflects an upswing in the real estate market, said Matt Thomas, broker and owner of Thomas Group Realty. This October, about 166 homes were sold compared to 131 sales in October 2012.

The Gainesville City Commission voted in new interim general manager Kathy Viehe after Hunzinger retired on Nov. 15.

The governor visited the Lafayette County Courthouse in Mayo to listen and discuss the concerns of the small town's residents, including the federal government shutdown.

Baldwin is still teaching constitutional law and he has no plans for retirement: "My body will tell me when to retire."