Sofia Costas

Governor Rick Scott's PAC released a video in response to a woman's attacks on Scott's policies in a Gainesville Starbucks Tuesday.

The Wal-Mart stores in Interlachen, Trenton and Cross City will close Jan. 28 after the company announced it would be closing 154 stores in the country.

A bill that would allow high school students to take coding to meet the foreign language requirement of their curriculum passed a committee in the Florida Senate Thursday. This bill would not replace any existing foreign language and would be an opportunity to give students in Florida a leg up, according to Sen. Jeremy Ring.

On Nov. 17, the Hawthorne City Commission voted to add 1,200 acres of land, owned by Plumb Creek Timber to the city. The mayor, Matt Surrency, thinks that the added land will benefit Hawthorne, and plans to work with Alachua County to solidify plans and move forward.

An Alachua County grower was among five selected by the Florida Department of Health to grow and sell medical marijuana to patients who qualify under the…

In Florida, the percentage of preterm births for 2014 was 9.9 percent, with the highest rates of premature births in the Florida panhandle and the north central area. Florida has had some decrease in the rate of preterm birth over the last decade, but for some, it's not happening fast enough.

Annual chowder contest brings huge crowds to St. Augustine, Florida. Around 30 restaurants participated in the 31st Great Chowder Debate to raise funds for the Shriners Hospitals for Children.

An amendment designed to annex more than 1,000 acres of land into Hawthorne continues to move forward. Should the amendment succeed, up to 2.8 million square feet for industrial space and 150,000 square feet for commercial space could be developed, but at a consequence to natural wetlands.

East Gainesville has experienced declining population and limited economic investments since the 1960s, but the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce is looking to tap into its economic potential. The chamber wants to address income disparity by diversifying job opportunities in the region.