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Alachua County’s ambulance crews have struggled to keep up with the community’s rising number of emergency calls, but three critical care units have hit the road to provide some long-awaited relief.

A counseling company that assured city officials that it would not service sex offenders at its site close to seven child care centers is sneaking them in the back door, according to a Gainesville commissioner.

Candidate qualifying for a number of Alachua County elected offices begins at noon on June 20 and ends at noon on June 24.

The search continues for a man from Maryland who went missing Friday after his boat capsized in the Gulf of Mexico near Cedar Key.

Jacob Case was loading unwanted pizzas back into his car when a man crept up on him in the dark and blindsided him with a baseball bat.

Gas prices rose throughout the week, but stabilized during the weekend as 33.9 million Americans plan a road trip for Memorial Day - the second-most auto travelers for the holiday on record.

Drivers traveling north on Interstate 75 tonight through Friday will be detoured from midnight to 4 a.m. around the Archer Road area.

Two attorneys-turned-authors, Solange Ritchie and Vincent J. Sachar, will talk about the stories and characters in their books and a book signing follows, 7 p.m. at the downtown library (just gave you the address two seconds ago).

A Dignity Village resident was arrested early Sunday morning after police say he snuck into another resident’s tent and sexually assaulted him, according to a GPD report.

A 33-year-old Gainesville man died Saturday evening from injuries received when his 2009 Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle crashed into the side of a car making a turn.