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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.

Gainesville Mayor Ed Braddy is seeking re-election in the upcoming city election on March 15. First elected in 2013, Braddy also served as city commissioner from 2002 – 2008. He sat down with WUFT News to discuss some of the issues affecting Gainesville.

What if we could take the excess food from sorority and fraternity house dinners, package it up, and feed people in need? That’s the question the winning team of University of Florida’s first annual Small Idea Competition asked at the Nov. 13 weekend event. Their answer? We can. In a …

  It’s “game on” for a group of local college students. Atheris Games, a startup gaming company created by a group of current and former UF students, raised $10,000 in 52 hours for its first card game. They reached their Kickstarter goal Sunday morning and can now work on production, said Andrew Birkett, …

Friends and family celebrated the life and legacy of Devon Grimmé, UF MBA alumnus and director of business development at Prometheon Pharma, LLC, Wednesday. The UF MBA program has created the Devon Grimmé Cup for the internal case competition in his honor and will place a brick with his name outside the business building.

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.

The University of Florida's recently launched Innovation Academy is welcomed by other entrepreneurial ventures in Gainesville.