Michelle Plitnikas

Earth Day is today. Go hug a tree, recycle some bottles and read this list of fun Earth Day facts.

The University of Florida's Collegiate Veterans Success Center will open April 2 with an open house and resource fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The space will be a spot for student veterans to hang out, study and support each other.

Take a break from buttering the floor and ding-dong-ditching and read this list of how April Fools' Day is celebrated in other countries. From France to Portugal; from Iran to Poland, it seems there is a day devoted to pulling pranks in most countries.

Author, physician and politician Ron Paul will be speaking at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center on April 15. He is expected to speak about the current political and economic situations the U.S. faces. His remarks will be followed by a question-and-answer session and the event is free and open to the public.

The Alachua County Sheriff's Office and other organizations have partnered up to educate officers on how to best identify, document and deal with gang members from the dozen gangs in the Alachua County area.

Members of the County Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry are traveling to Atlanta to visit the Gateway Center, a homeless assistance center housed in a former jail, to see what improvements should be made in Gainesville.

The Alachua County Sheriff's Office caught three Gainesville men this weekend in an online sexual predator sting.