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The Gainesville Woman's Club presented Alachua County Public Schools a check for $15,000 Wednesday to help fund a "playscape" at Duval Early Learning Academy. The outdoor playscape will include natural and man-made elements and will incorporate learning activities.

Active shooters have caused death and distress in the city in the past, and Gainesville Fire Rescue and the Gainesville Police Department spent hours Tuesday and Wednesday training in how to safely save lives in dangerous situations.

A Gainesville man who was driving drunk when he crashed into an SUV, killing his daughter and her friend, will spend 20 years in prison after pleading no contest Wednesday to two counts of DUI manslaughter and one count of DUI with property damage.

Mayor-elect Lauren Poe cleaned up among voters in the heart of Gainesville around the University of Florida campus while incumbent Ed Braddy drew strong numbers in outlying precincts and in east Gainesville, the results of Tuesday’s election shows.

Gainesville Fire Rescue emergency workers responded to an SUV-versus-motorcycle crash Wednesday in the 200 block of Northeast 23rd Avenue that involved a fatality, Operations Chief Michael Cowart said.

The National Hot Rod Association returns to Gainesville for the 47th edition of Gatornationals at Auto-Plus Raceway starting Friday. It's the third of 24 events in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series.

Yummy House plans to reopen in its new, larger location at 3102 SW 34th St. on Tuesday, March 22, said co-owner John Zhao.

Alachua County went from 18th among the state’s 67 counties to 25 in the Health Outcomes portion of the annual rankings.

US News & World Report publicly released its annual rankings of university graduate school and professional school programs today.

Entertain and sports events to be aware of today.