Carolina Lafuente

The country's first traveling water circus opened it's four-day visit to Gainesville on Thursday night at the Oaks Mall. The animal-free circus entertains the crowd with performers from all around the world, including acrobats, jugglers, clowns and more.

The law, which comes thanks to a federal judge's October ruling, says that elections officials are now required to mail affidavits to vote-by-mail voters whose signatures do not match what it is on record with their supervisor of elections.

If you vote by mail and your signature doesn’t match your voter registration, your vote can still count thanks to a new ruling.

Sgt. Audrey Mazzuca was one of the 12 law enforcement officers across the country who recently received honors for their service from the U.S. Department of Justice.

Akeem Johnson was charged with two felonies — battery of an officer and resisting an officer with violence — and two misdemeanors — loitering or prowling, and resisting an officer without violence.

As of noon today, only 3 percent of residents within the county remained without power, according to the Florida Division of Emergency Management.

This story is part of our guide, Florida Votes 2016, leading up to the Nov. 8 election. Check your voter registration status here.

Alachua County Sheriff's Office Deputy Tommy Willcox will serve six days of unpaid suspension following an internal investigation into the heat-related death of his K9 partner, Robbie.

Alachua County plans to start resurfacing the bumpy parts of Tower Road and the damaged sidewalks along it sometime in 2017, with the hope of easing…