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The final countdown: Public schools break for the summer this Thursday, so expect any kids you know to be in high spirits.

The event rooms at the Hilton University of Florida Conference Center were packed to near capacity Sunday evening as guests came to sample food from Gainesville restaurants.

Brian Schaefering was in the area at the Outlier K-9 Foundation's Dogpatch Downs to meet his service dog, Niko.

A funeral home and the slain teen's guardian say his biological father was incorrect to complain he couldn't find the money to pay for the cremation of his son.

Here are some important telephone numbers and websites to keep handy during an emergency.

Women at least 50 years old who are looking to get back into the job market can find vital information at a number of workshops planned this week.

Now that a roundabout at Depot Avenue has been completed and Southwest Sixth Street is again open, it seems the timing of the traffic light at Fourth Avenue is an issue.

As a microbiology professor at the University of Florida, Nicholas Muzyczka figured out a way to engineer a virus to deliver genetic material that would continue to replicate in the body.

Hurricane season began Wednesday, so it’s time to update emergency plans and phone lists and restock supply kits.