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Gainesville’s unemployment rate dipped below 4 percent for the first time in eight years in April.

A Lake County man accused of sending a Gainesville woman 118 text messages over an eight-hour period was arrested Thursday.

The welcome sign in front of Williston City Hall honoring the town’s most famous athlete is starting to show its age.

More than 4,000 customers, most of them north of University Avenue between Main Street and 34 Street, are without power.

The Gainesville City Commission denied an application late Thursday night to further develop the Blues Creek subdivision.

Two Gainesville police officers were injured Thursday after they crashed their patrol cars into trees while pursuing a suspect in an area near the Oaks Mall.

Gator baseball is at LSU at 7 p.m., which you can find on the SEC Network, and the softball team faces Alabama State at 2:30 p.m. at home.

Alachua County government and business leaders focused on progress on numerous economic development issues at a business forum Thursday night.

During a presentation to the Gainesville City Commission, Carrie Blanchard Bush spoke of six changes already in the hopper.

Catch Friday night's performance of gypsy jazz by the Hot Club de Ville, the ensemble led by guitarist Marty Liquori that's inspired by the music of famed guitarist Django Reinhardt, violinist Stephane Grappelli and their Quintette du Hot Club de France.