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Looking to adopt a pet for Christmas? Animal shelters in Gainesville and elsewhere provide excellent, humane sources.

At Alachua County libraries a person with no library card can use the computer for only two hours.

The Gourmet Rodent is home to 75,000 animals ranging from ball pythons and corn snakes to arachnids, frozen mice and scorpions. The city of Newberry made zoning changes to accommodate the exotic pet business, which owner Mike Layman says is the largest in the world.

Mike Shipman and Jimmy Roundtree never miss a Saturday of barefooting on Lake Santa Fe.

At the University of Florida, the Interfraternity Council, which oversees all of the fraternities at the school, said progress has been made to combat hazing in the community, yet it is not completely resolved.

The toxic algae continues to aggressively destroy marine life, restaurant establishments and the livelihood of South Florida residents.

Tree trimming, bunker raking and pin placement are part of Ian Ring's daily routine that keeps Gainesville's Mark Bostic Golf Course in prime shape.

A community land trust enables a nonprofit organization to offer low- to moderate-income households to buy houses and keep it affordable so as to prevent foreclosure.

Early Wednesday morning, students lined up outside Alachua County schools for the annual “Dad Bring Your Child to School” day, but this year, they did it in a very different way.

On speaking at UF Zanes said, “When the call comes from Gainesville, I pick up, because you can’t tell the Tom Petty story without going to Gainesville. It’s a special place.” On Tom Petty's untimely death: "“I didn’t think Jerry Lee Lewis was still going to be alive and Tom Petty wasn’t going to be here. I was just looking forward to those records...."