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Gainesville Police Officer Bobby White has become a global example of community policing after a January video of him shooting hoops with kids while responding to a noise complaint blew up the Internet.

After months of preparations and low-key fundraising, the University of Florida will soon publicly launch a campaign to double the school’s endowment to at least $3 billion.

In case you didn’t see it in the 10,000 other places it was posted: The downtown spring arts festival is canceled today, but returns tomorrow, from noon until 6 p.m.

The University of Florida and its graduate assistants union have agreed to end a dispute over health insurance premiums for the dependents of graduate assistants.

A Putnam County sheriff’s deputy who fell overboard in the St. Johns River early Friday morning was still missing Friday evening as authorities continued to search the river.

Two families torn apart by an Easter accident that already has claimed two young lives are continuing to grieve while caring for other children recovering from serious injuries.

A Gainesville man who was arrested Thursday choked his mother after insisting she watch YouTube videos with him and then bit his sister’s finger, police say.

March of Dimes will host its March for Babies today, raising funds for research to help premature infants.

Students were competing Thursday for a $500 scholarship and the chance to showcase their best dessert at Embers Wood Grill’s first Wine and Food Festival.

Nasty weather predicted for Saturday has three major outdoor events adjusting schedules — and the biggest, the Spring Arts Festival, canceled the first of its two-day run.