Reichert House closed earlier this year when Gainesville dropped its funding. Now, nonprofits look to turn it into a charter school for at-risk youth.

Palm Breeze Youth Services, a non-profit has proposed opening a charter school with a new name of 'Reichert House Youth Academy.

The Gainesville Police Department said Wednesday it suspended a trainee accused in court of holding a knife to the neck of a 10-year-old child. Larry Reshawn Prunty III, 28, of Gainesville pleaded not guilty to an initial complaint of felony child abuse. He was arrested Tuesday.

Larry Prunty III was charged with cruelty toward a child without great bodily harm, according to court records.

According to the arrest report, he held a knife to a 10-year-old over the summer.

The district recently applied to a year-round schools program to increase scores in chronically underperforming elementary schools.

Abbitt, Certain push for proactive measures such as year-round school.

Suzanne Schneider spoke to students at Lincoln Middle School in Gainesville on Wednesday.

AT&T and Human IT to donate another 100 to Hawthorne students next week.

A mail carrier pleaded no contest Wednesday to dozens of felony charges accusing her of stealing credit cards, gift cards, checks and other mail from customers on her route and spending thousands of dollars fraudulently on alcohol, fireworks and fast food.

Development will include a 36-hole golf course, about 30 cottages and 200,000 square-feet of facilities by the University of Florida.

Breast cancer patients have become a rapidly growing segment of medical cannabis users in the country. But while cannabis has shown promise in symptom management, it is not considered a cure for cancer for now.