Gaby Rodriguez

Ten years after his death, the Gainesville Police Department named a new award in remembrance of fallen officer Lieutenant Corey Dahlem.

Chairman of the Alachua County School Board Robert Hyatt penned a letter to Mayor Lauren Poe Monday detailing all the ways Gainesville Regional Utilities' possible purchase of Gainesville Renewable Energy Center could negatively affect public schools.

Painter Laura Adams Wilson's new exhibition, “Cuban Roots: Where My Story Begins,” will be on display at the Thornebrook Gallery in Gainesville from March 17 to April 1. Visit WUFT.org for a Q&A with Wilson.

The Well Armed Woman, a national organization, has a chapter in Gainesville that teaches women how to safely and effectively use a firearm. The chapter has 144 women and meets once a month. This month, the chapter met on Valentine's Day.

Horses Helping People (HOPE), a therapy program that uses horses to help those with disabilities, will be participating in the Florida Special Olympics for the very first time. Participants and instructors at HOPE prepare for the event.

The Deputy Superintendent of Marion County Schools sent out a memo Monday stating that certain previously required assessments would be suspended from all county schools. Some principals and teachers of the county feel this was a good decision, as it will make time for more instruction.

Protesters and members of Sacred Water Camp were released from the Suwannee County Jail Tuesday following their arrests on Monday. They had been charged with misdemeanor trespassing at the Sabal Trail Pipeline construction site.

Former president of the Gainesville Fraternal Order of Police Lodge, Jeffery McAdams, pleaded no contest Wednesday afternoon to second degree felony charges that he stole more than $56,000 from the organization.