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Deputy County Manager Betty Baker speaks to the Gainesville City Commission on the need for regulations at the homeless camp Dignity Village. Thursday, commissioners approved to spend up to $50,000 to secure an emergency contract with a non-profit provider.

City Commission Grants Gainesville Management Of Dignity Village

Gainesville City Commission passes a motion for the management of Dignity Village. The motion begins the process of addressing safety issues and concerns regarding the logistics of the community.

Miami, Orlando Schools Ditch Styrofoam Trays

Miami and Orlando school districts will remove Styrofoam trays from school cafeterias and will replace them with compostable plates. The change within the districts is part of an effort to enact environmentally conscious changes in larger school districts.

Jan. 27 2015: Afternoon News in 90

A video roundup of local, state, and national stories for readers in North Central Florida.

A crew works on the roof of the Newton Perry Underwater Theatre at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park between mermaid performances on January 22, 2015. The project is expected to be completed by the end of February 2015.

Clamshell Roof Returns to Weeki Wachee Mermaid Theater

The Weeki Wachee Mermaid Theater is kicking it old school. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is bringing back the theater's clamshell-shaped roof.

Adrienne Fagan, a creator of Gainesville Atheist Brunch, checks the event page she created to advertise GAB’s inaugural brunch. GAB aims to create a safe space for atheists to gather and build community.

Atheist Space Creates Community, Eliminates Stigma

A Gainesville woman organizes brunch for locals to discuss atheism and to provide a community for fellow atheists.

Sheriff's office will continue to manage Alachua County jail

The Alachua County Commission has approved a motion to let the Sheriff's office to continue to manage the correctional facility, allowing the Sheriff's…

Enforcement of Alachua County's airboat curfew raises interesting questions

Alachua County’s airboat curfew has been in effect since January 1st. WUFT-FM’s Dan Katz looks into how enforcement of the curfew raises some unique issues.

Jo Posillico, left, and Lyn Echard exchange wedding vows at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Marion County. The two have been together for 38 ½ years and finally officiated their marriage on Jan. 10 despite the fact that many clerks of court in Florida counties have stopped performing marriage ceremonies.

Several Florida Clerks of Court Cease Marriage Ceremonies

Many same-sex couples celebrated the lifting of Florida's ban on same-sex marriage last month. Others, however, lamented the decision by several counties' clerks of court to stop all marriage ceremonies, regardless of the couples' orientations.

Davis Hart stands next to one of his buses, which he said can comfortably fit seven. The bus, which runs on vegetable oil, has held up to 16 and has compartments built in to hold instruments and tools.

Record Label Expands As Owners Share Company

A local record label got its start relying on a bus that uses vegetable oil for fuel. Elestial Sound is now expanding into a warehouse in Waldo.

International IT company to land in Gainesville

Gainesville, along with internationally acclaimed software engineering company, Mind Tree, are set to create 400 high-tech jobs for Gainesville residents…

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