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Get free legal help for tricky stuff: Attorneys will help walk you through the basics of (and answer your questions about) Social Security and veterans’ disability benefits. 6 p.m. at the downtown library, 401 E. University Ave.

A Gainesville man was arrested early Sunday morning after police say he robbed the person he sold a quarter-pound of marijuana to on Saturday afternoon, according to the Gainesville Police Department.

A Hollywood man was arrested in Gainesville Saturday evening after police say he stole credit cards from shoppers’ purses and used them to make fraudulent purchases.

A chance of rain is expected throughout much of the week in Gainesville with Thursday and Friday having the highest likelihood of showers and thunderstorms, according to the National Weather Service.

Avner the Eccentric, a long-time Vaudeville performer known by some for his role as Jewel in the film “The Jewel of the Nile,” took to the stage wearing a bowler hat, a gray cardigan over a button-down shirt and pants held high above his waist by suspenders.

The lack of a large sign on Waldo Road at the new entrance to the Gainesville Regional Airport is still being noted by motorists.

Alachua County Democrat Rod Smith raised nearly $283,000 in his first month of campaigning, including a loan from himself. State Rep. Keith Perry, R-Gainesville, raised $53,050 in March.

The district has received opt-out forms from about 220 students out of more than 7,000 - roughly 3 percent of the district's high school students.

From a bedroom converted to an office in their parents’ Jonesville house, brothers Miles and Ryan Harris have developed an illustration app that was recently pre-installed in all store demonstration models of Surface Pro tablets in Microsoft Store locations.