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Dudley Farm Historic State Park classes, free notary at the library, farmer's market day downtown, and more.

Residents still reeling from the police shooting of a suicidal black teenager expressed frustration with law enforcement Tuesday, some of them slinging obscenities as they streamed out of a town hall meeting that was shut down abruptly when the crowd grew boisterous.

Tensions arose at a town hall meeting Tuesday night that was held to try to calm the community two days after 16-year-old Robert Dentmond was shot to death by Gainesville and Alachua County law officers.

To those who knew Robert Dentmond, learning he told emergency officials he felt suicidal came as a shock.

The University of Florida Field and Fork Pantry has launched a donation drive called “Footsteps to Field & Fork.”

The Putnam County Sheriff's Office will recommend that Jamie Gilt, the 31-year-old gun-rights advocate from Jacksonville whose 4-year-old accidentally shot her in the back, face criminal charges.

The police officers and deputies involved in the fatal shooting of a Gainesville teenage Sunday night have been identified.

A matter of minutes separated University of Florida faculty member Robert Knechel from the Tuesday terror attacks at the Brussels Airport.

A Gainesville man was arrested Monday after police say he threatened his wife with a knife and then took his son without legal permission.

Mid-Florida Japanese Speech and Skit Contest, library hosts fandoms of Harry Potter, Doctor, and more, trivia night at First Magnitude Brewing, and more.