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Starting Wednesday, most of the University of Florida's Stephen C. O'Connell Center arena will be closed for renovations, UF officials announced Friday.

Local crime victim advocates will host an evening at Squirrel Ridge Park April 13 where participants can relax, plant a flower, listen to a choir and take part in a candlelight service.

Trevor Noah, the comedian and Daily Show host whose back story is as compelling as he is funny, will perform and answer questions at the University of Florida later this month.

When the St. Francis boys basketball team plays Oak Hall next season, the coaches will likely get more attention than the players.

1950s/’60 sleek splendor, babes: Today marks the fourth annual modern mid-century home tour and if you like houses and/or interior design, this is a cool event. From 11 a.m. until 3 p.m., for a $15 ticket you can buy at any one of the six homes on the tour, you can go inside some pretty nifty houses and have a look.

A handful of longtime members have come to the rescue of the Gainesville Country Club.

Kylie Galloway-Soto would like you to know that she is a gamer.

Former UF athlete Dedric Antoine Dukes, a five-time NCAA Division 1 Outdoor National Champion, was arrested Thursday on aggravated assault and other charges.

The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention received the final $3.2 million of its $10 million fundraising campaign through a federal community investment program Friday and expects to start construction in early April.

The driver of a pickup plowed over a fire hydrant then crashed into four parked vehicles early Friday before fleeing the scene, a police report said.