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Nine Alachua County students have been awarded College-Sponsored National Merit Scholarships, National Merit Scholarship Corp. announced.

You can see go see “Toxic Avenger” at a discount preview, tickets are $15-$18.

High Springs longtime former police chief, Thomas W. Wolfe, a man known for his humor, authenticity and willingness to talk turkey, died in hospice care Saturday at 89.

Volunteers from Santa Fe College's Blount Center in Ganesville will be participating in the Pleasant Street NeighborWorks event “Keep it Pleasant!”

Three local car dealerships, Honda of Gainesville, Gainesville Buick and GMC and Volkswagen of Gainesville, will participate in a June 11 pet adoption event.

A closed-down burger joint on Southwest 34th Street may become Gainesville's first medical marijuana dispensary.

A fast-casual Mexican chain restaurant called Costa Vida Fresh Mexican Grill is coming to the Archer Centro West shopping center at 3581 Archer Road.

Bad news: Holiday’s over, drag your sorry self back to work.

The southbound rest area on Interstate 75 at Paynes Prairie in Alachua County is now closed for at least 10 days so crews can resurface the parking areas and entrance and exit ramps.

An Alachua County man defied a domestic violence injunction Sunday night, police said, and drove to his estranged wife’s home where he punctured the woman’s tires with a knife and bashed the vehicle’s windshield a baseball bat.