Tom Miller announces retirement from 39-year open mic variety show
Tom Miller, a 58-year-old multidisciplinary performance artist and screenwriter, has graced Gainesville with open mic shows since his humble beginnings as a UF theater student.
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Tom Miller, a 58-year-old multidisciplinary performance artist and screenwriter, has graced Gainesville with open mic shows since his humble beginnings as a UF theater student.
Gainesville, along with the rest of the nation, anxiously anticipates the potential of a choice between two candidates they’ve already seen clash for the presidency four years ago.
The assistant principal of St. Patrick Interparish School was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of ignoring a teacher’s inappropriate behavior toward a student and lying about it to law enforcement.
All four current members of the GRU Authority Board submitted resignation letters over a lawsuit filed by Gainesville Residents United, a nonprofit organization aiming to bring awareness to the board’s takeover.
The Florida Gators men’s tennis team (6-6, 2-2 SEC) fell short to the No. 9 Tennessee Volunteers (15-3, 4-0 SEC), Sunday afternoon. The Volunteers dominated the Gators from the first serve, winning the match 6-1.
A physical education teacher and coach at St. Patrick Interparish School in Gainesville was arrested Thursday for allegedly molesting several middle school girls.
The No. 11 Florida lacrosse team (5-2) wrapped up its West Coast adventure with a bow on top after taking down the San Diego State Aztecs (1-5) 23-5, Friday. The win marks a five-game winning streak for the Gators and a five-game losing streak for the Aztecs.
The City of Gainesville voted 6-0, with Commissioner Desmon Duncan Walker absent, to end Gainesville Regional Utilitity’s right-of-way exemption.
Butterflies, nerves, jitters — whatever you want to call them.
A Gainesville man surrendered to officers early Friday morning after allegedly killing a former UF student driving a scooter and fleeing the scene.
UF President Ben Sasse appointed UF Health President Dave Nelson to a new role as adviser to the president for biomedical research evangelism, he announced in an email to faculty March 5.
Arnold Schweiner began welding at 19 years old.
Faculty and students at UF have wondered what will happen to the university’s diversity, equity and inclusion programs since Gov. Ron DeSantis banned state DEI funding to Florida universities in May 2023. Nine months later, they have their answer.
In the Florida Gators women’s basketball team’s “Unlaced” documentary series, senior guard Aliyah Matharu has a mindset that she feels sets her apart from the rest of the pack: she sees herself as a dog, and anyone standing in her way is dog food.
The UF Bud Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies, at the Hippodrome State Theatre and Oak Hammock, will present its 13th annual Gainesville Jewish Film Festival throughout March. It will feature 12 film screenings about the Jewish experience and culture around the world.
On a rainy Saturday morning, Girl Scout Troop 2370 stood anxiously under the red awning of Winn-Dixie on Main Street. Though the day was gray and gloomy, 8-year-old Kate Sarnoski couldn’t help but smile a toothy grin while greeting grocery shoppers with a question difficult to resist:
Muchas dificultades vienen con los procesos legales para inmigrantes, más aún si su primer idioma no es inglés. Esto afecta aún más a los migrantes Latinos e Hispanos, quienes conforman una taza de 12% de la población total en Gainesville de acuerdo con el U.S. Census Bureau 2023.
When Robert Pearce bought his home in Gainesville’s Stephen Foster neighborhood, he didn’t know he was moving next door to a hazardous waste site. The 71-year-old resident began investigating what he’d heard about nearby contamination after moving into his home in 2008.
Florida senior Sara Dahlstrom scored her biggest win of the season with a win against Texas A&M’s No. 29 sophomore Mia Kupres.
Many difficulties come with immigration legal processes, even more so when an immigrant's first language is not English. This especially rings true for Latino and Hispanic migrants, who comprise around 12% of the total population in Gainesville, according to the U.S. Census Bureau 2023.