Improvements include the installation of sidewalks with ramps, increasing pad space for those in wheelchairs, improved lighting and updated shelters.

"I'm happy to come back, see old friends, and help the city of Gainesville bring holiday cheer with a community parade," O'Neal said.

Basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal has been selected as the grand marshal of the city of Gainesville's 2024 A Very GNV Holiday Parade.

City officials announced Shaquille O'Neal, a retired basketball star, has been named grand marshal of Gainesville's 2024 A Very GNV Holiday Parade

Shaquille O'Neal's ruthless ways of dominating in the Swamp are long forgotten as he joins Gainesville's new holiday tradition.

Shelters, disaster recovery centers, and food distribution sites are opening up across North Central Florida following Hurricane Helene.

Anthem church is gathering resources to take to Cedar Key this weekend. Since Helene, thousands of people need supplies and Anthem church leaders believe it is a great opportunity to help one another.

In the week after Hurricane Helene, interviews with out-of-state college students across Florida show how little prepared they were for a storm like Hurricane Helene. For many, this was their first experience with a Category 4 hurricane.

People all across the island are trying to pick up the pieces the storm left behind, but now they won't have what the city's mayor says is their biggest money maker.

Weeks after being shot in the lower stomach while standing near a car parked a block from the University of Florida, Hannah Hanlon doesn't blame the man who shot her.

Neighbors of the Gainesville Country Club say they are confused and unaware of any plans to rebuild the seemingly abandoned golf course

Firefighters saved several dogs after a Southwest Gainesville home's kitchen caught on fire Wednesday afternoon

The Alachua County Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of the fire.

Board to hold special meeting to discuss plan further.

Alachua County residents may only object to a maximum of one material per month. There is no limit to the number of objections parents or guardians may make, due to their access to school district materials.

Commissioners and Sheriff Gainey were largely in agreement that the program should be phased in over time in order to assess staffing, budget needs

The 523-home neighborhood, Tara Forest West, which won initial approval by the City of Alachua in July, has drawn the most scrutiny from residents, elected officials and divers who say the project threatens vast underwater caves.

Two local ballot initiatives under review by courts.

Magic 101.3 to air indefinitely on 94.1 FM.

When Butler, 45, learned about the "Sippin' Seven Alachua County Ale Trail," he had to trek the award-winning trail stretching 23 miles from High Springs to Gainesville.

Planners still taking input before finalizing plan.

Race features rare opportunity to experience UF's Austin Cary Forest.

The city claims resident Brandy Oldman made "slanderous" statements. Her attorney, a First Amendment expert, says a government cannot be defamed.

It's been almost a week since Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida, but recovery efforts are ramping up at a frenetic pace.