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The Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research has swapped one successful biotech executive for another with the announcement this week that it named Jackson Streeter as CEO, replacing Jamie Grooms.

A Gainesville man was arrested Friday night on allegations he shot into a car as it was traveling.

Authorities have identified human remains found in a swampy area near Ocala as that of a man who is believed to have killed himself.

Gainesville Veterans for Peace is sponsoring its seventh annual Peace Poetry Contest.

What’s not to love about dairy cows? They have big brown eyes and neat tongues. They can be messy and they eat an awful lot, but they provide the ingredient for favorite foods — cheese, ice cream, butter, yogurt, milk.

Most people surely go to the annual Kanapaha Botanical Gardens Spring Festival for the plants.

A 36-year-old Starke man died in a traffic crash in Bradford County Thursday evening, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.

People collecting petition signatures or walking with political signs cannot be removed from public events on city property unless they are creating a disturbance.

The 13th annual celebration of biotechnology is set for 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 12 at Progress Park in Alachua.

The Citizens Co-op grocery store is attempting to raise $6,000 within the next month for expenses while the food cooperative continues to work toward turning a profit.