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Tapped last week as Marion County's interim sheriff after Sheriff Chris Blair was indicted by a grand jury, Gainesville native Emery Gainey is moving quickly to reassure sheriff's deputies.

Due to the observance of Memorial Day on Monday, May 30, residential collection of garbage, recycling and yard trash will be delayed one day for the entire week, city officials announced Wednesday.

The Gainesville Sun is seeking new members for its reader advisory board.

Six Fort Clarke Middle School eighth-graders won awards at the Florida History Fair this month for their projects that combined technology and history.

Residents turned down the county's help rebuilding their downed bridge Tuesday night because the bill was just too high.

A Gainesville man has been arrested on a slew of burglary-related charges after police say he broke into a bunch of cars this month, all of which were unlocked, and stole iPods, a handgun and other possessions.

The County Commission did not advance a request from the Hare Krishna community to alter the county’s comprehensive plan, but left the door open for staff to work with the applicant.

The Gainesville Sun won first place for investigative reporting in the 2016 Florida Society of News Editors Journalism Contest, announced Tuesday.

Millions of Floridians are expected to hit the highways this three-day Memorial Day weekend, and lying in wait for unsuspecting drivers are thieves lurking inside the gas pumps.

It’s a farmers market day downtown from 4-7 p.m. at Bo Diddley Plaza.