A reader's guide to Gainesville bookstores
(06/27/22 9:18pm)
What better way to escape the chaotic start of a new semester than by spending hours exploring the crowded shelves of a cozy bookstore?
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Voting for dummies, except you’re a top five student
(06/27/22 10:00am)
Voting: it’s free, and it’s pretty easy.
Students, residents prepare for hurricane season
(06/27/22 3:30am)
Gianni Pena kayaked up the street with his belongings in rain-proof bags after Hurricane Irma swept north central Florida in September 2017. The 23-year-old Gainesville resident still feels nervous every June. If his house floods again, he’ll have to move.
Gainesville rallies after Supreme Court overturns right to abortion
(06/25/22 8:51pm)
Residents rallied at the Stephan P. Mickle, Sr., Criminal Courthouse Friday after the Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade case that established rights to obtain an abortion.
Man accused of taking videos of women without consent at UF arrested
(06/24/22 3:50am)
Freshmen flooded residence halls this week. Many were unaware of the on-campus voyeurism case from six months ago.
Gainesville woman arrested for child pornography
(06/24/22 3:50am)
Gainesville Police Department arrested a woman Thursday after receiving a tip of a child sexual abuse video shared via Facebook Messenger.
Gainesville celebrates Juneteenth weekend
(06/22/22 10:00am)
Yvette Carter celebrated Juneteenth for half a decade before the rest of Gainesville caught up.
Police still searching for shooter in Newberry homicide
(06/18/22 11:07pm)
A Newberry man died after he was shot near Champions Park Thursday night.
UF quarterback Anthony Richardson apologizes for speeding in court-mandated essay
(06/16/22 4:31pm)
Update: After reviewing the essay, a judge ruled Richardson will not lose any points on his license for the infraction.
Gainesville residents join national March for Our Lives protest
(06/13/22 10:00am)
Jackson O’Neill turned 13 a month before the Parkland shooting.
DeSantis appoints county Republican committeewoman to fill vacated county commission seat
(06/13/22 4:00am)
Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Raemi Eagle-Glenn Thursday to fill the District 1 seat, which she lost an election for to former commissioner Mary Alford in 2020 with 32% of the vote.
Alleged Gainesville rapist and kidnapper deemed incompetent for trial
(06/09/22 11:21pm)
The man accused of raping a woman at Gainesville Place Apartments and kidnapping another woman near UF campus last September will not stand trial until a judge deems him mentally competent.
More details emerge about girl who died in Southwest Archer Road neighborhood shooting
(06/07/22 5:21pm)
Students, residents reflect on gun violence epidemic
(06/09/22 3:02am)
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Florida artist to memorialize UF professor and replace Confederate statue
(06/06/22 10:00am)
A sculpture dedicated to a Gainesville activist and African American studies professor will replace a confederate soldier statue that used to sit downtown.
Gainesville man sentenced to 30 years for attempted murder and firearm possession
(06/02/22 4:49pm)
A Gainesville man was sentenced May 26 to 30 years in prison for attempted murder and firearm possession.
Dan Mullen to sell Gainesville home
(06/02/22 2:00am)
Former Gators football head coach Dan Mullen listed his Gainesville house for sale April 18. It has a pending offer of $2.75 million.
Gainesville remembers veterans Memorial Day weekend
(05/31/22 10:00am)
Under the unforgiving May sun, Stephen Carr wandered around Evergreen Cemetery Saturday looking for veterans’ graves to place American flags. The 75-year-old Vietnam veteran and Gainesville resident followed paper maps to identify where those who served had been laid to rest.
Alachua County Public Schools held graduation ceremonies without COVID-19 restrictions
(05/30/22 10:00am)
Alachua County high school seniors attended their graduation ceremonies, maskless and side-by-side, for the first time in two years. The county had more than twice as many COVID-19 cases during this year’s graduation week compared to last year.
‘I was just so lost’: Gainesville residents look for change amid recent mass shootings
(05/26/22 6:08pm)
Leanne Haggerty took a shaky breath as she watched a live stream of police cars circling Robb Elementary School from her Gainesville bedroom. Text scrolled across the screen: more than a dozen children killed.
