Rebekah Geier

The Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce's international trade office will be opening on Dec. 3 to help increase exports from Gainesville and expand local businesses.

The Alachua County Sheriff's Office will hold an auction on Saturday to find homes for two healthy horses that have overcome severe malnutrition. ACSO has spent more than $1,400 over the last six months rehabilitating them.

(Photo credit: wonderlandforever/Flickr) The effects of the Florida Legislature's recent "bong ban" on Gainesville are still unclear. There have not been any tangible changes in arrests for illegal drug use or the public image of marijuana.

Several Gainesville apartment complexes have been having their tenant's rent checks stolen from mail boxes.

Gainesville Regional Utilities General Manager Bob Hunzinger announced his resignation in a letter signed by him and Mayor Ed Braddy on Wednesday.

The usually fun-spirited Gainesville Roller Rebel Derby girls weren't playing games Wednesday when they came to Gainesville's city hall to support broadening the sale and consumption of alcohol citywide.

Almost exactly a year after the homicide of Clay County Detective David White, four men were arrested on Thursday in connection to the theft and transfer of the gun White was killed with.

After 30 years of business in Gainesville, the Wal-Mart at 2649 NW 13th St. will close Thursday and a Wal-Mart Supercenter will open at 5700 NW 23rd St. on Friday.

United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced the lift of a ban on women in combat roles.