Leah Shields

“From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., I’ll be here for 12 hours,” Perry said today at the McPherson Recreation Center precinct on Southeast 15th Street in Gainesville.

First responders from around the county — firefighters, police and emergency medical technicians — practiced what to do in case of a plane crash at the Gainesville Regional Airport Tuesday.

A 75-year-old Belleview woman was rescued from her burning home by Marion County Fire Rescue officials Sunday afternoon. The cause of the fire is unknown.

Gainesville City Commissioner Candidate Jim Konish filed a lawsuit today against opponent Adrian Hayes-Santos. Konish is challenging his eligibility for the commissioner seat.

With more than 2,500 parking citations issued in Gainesville through the first seven weeks of 2016, the number of tickets in Gainesville is likely to rise in 2016. The money collected from citations is put into the city's general fund.

Nutraloaf — also known as a special management meal, prison loaf or disciplinary loaf — is served to prisoners in solitary confinement if they create security problems. It is banned in three states.

The 22,000-square-foot office space is estimated to cost $5.3 million.

The proposal would force bars to take more responsibility for preventing underage drinking.

Seventeen inmates in Lake Butler will be the latest class of certified beekeepers from the the Reception and Medical Center's Beekeeping Program. The Florida Department of Corrections and the Florida Department of Agriculture created the re-entry program for inmates who were about to be released.