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A group of residential and business property owners are objecting to Collier Companies’ proposal for a license agreement giving them exclusive use of city parking lot #2. The owners, situated in the Pleasant Street Historic District, cite issues with parking, lack of fair policy and transparency, and putting private gain above public benefit as reasons to object to the city of Gainesville leasing lot #2 to Collier Companies.

“Magnum Opus” host Richard Drake recently spoke with Tony Offerle and Scott Wilson about this year’s College of the Arts scholarship fundraiser, "Splendor: Let the Good Times Roll." A performance from "Splendor" is available at WUFT.org.

A 46-year-old Gainesville man, Charles Ragans, was arrested on a charge of child neglect Tuesday after police believe he, while intoxicated, let his girlfriend's 3-year-old son wander off.

Micanopy pastor Chris Stokes is working to turn a vacant portable-classroom building in the small Alachua County city into a community center. He hopes to have it up and running by August.

Green Dot GNV, which launched in Alachua County in 2016, is offering trainings on how bystanders to violence can get involved in such situations to stop them. The next trainings are scheduled for March 15, 28 and 29, and they're free and open to the public.

Florida Senate Bill 1096 would immune drivers to civil liability if they injure or kill protesters who block public roadways, as long as it was unintentional.

Gainesville may expand its crackdown on smoking to include all RTS facilities as well as public parks. The new amendment would update the previous ordinance, which regulated smoking only at bus stops. The new ordinance would cover shelters, transfer stations and terminal stations.

GRU wants to purchase a biomass plant from GREC for $750 million. GREC has yet to sign the MOU.

The white house issued 20 airstrikes in southern Yemen yesterday targeting Al-Qaeda. That and more in 90 seconds.