Gainesville City Schools filed for a preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order in Hall County Superior Court on Wednesday to stop the Georgia High School Association from enforcing suspensions of 34 players ahead of Friday night’s Class 5A football playoff game between Gainesville and Hughes.

A high school football game between Brunswick High and Gainesville High was cut short Friday night after a fight broke out in the third quarter, leaving nearly 80 players from both teams facing disciplinary action.

OpenTable last week unveiled its Top 100 Restaurants in the U.S. for 2025. The owner and chef of one of the restaurants on the list lives in Gainesville.

The Georgia High School Association placed a one-year postseason ban on Brunswick — among other sanctions — in response to a fight with Gainesville in the second-round playoff game Friday, Brunswick announced in a statement Tuesday. Forty-one Brunswick players were also suspended. The school was fined $5,000.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A head pastor at a Gainesville church accused of failing to report child sex abuse pleaded not guilty Tuesday. Gainesville police say Mark Vega, 55, failed to report several cases of abuse dating back to 2019 from different victims at Ignite Life Church.

Kendrick J. Hills Jr., 23, has pleaded guilty to federal charges of possession with intent to distribute marijuana and carrying a firearm during a drug-trafficking crime.

We have a pretty strong cold front moving through tomorrow,” said Andrew Shashy, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Jacksonville.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Employees at a Gainesville real estate agency arrived at work Tuesday morning to find their building damaged. A vehicle crashed into the Mills Group of Keller Williams office on Northwest Eighth Avenue overnight. The vehicle hit the building outside the employee breakroom.