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Shortly before Michael Gengler graduated from Gainesville High School in 1962, he asked the student body if they were in favor of desegregation. With 38% responding “yes” and 62% responding “no,” he knew he had to try to preserve Gainesville’s rich community history — even if it would take him more than half his lifetime to do so.
The Board of Governors will meet at the University of Central Florida’s downtown campus in Orlando to vote on Santa J. Ono as the 14th president of the University of Florida.
Since its premiere in the late 1960s on the National Education Television network, which transformed into the Public Broadcasting Service in 1970, “Sesame Street” has been one of the most popular educational children's television series. Elmo, the show’s star, has been the primary face of kindness and love for preschoolers worldwide in the show’s 50-plus years on air.
The Gainesville City Commission voted to hold a special election over the GRU referendum, install new red light cameras and discussed Citizens Field at a meeting Thursday.
It’s December, and the bakers at Uppercrust Bakery are gearing up for a busy holiday season. But on Dec. 14, at the height of the holiday season, Uppercrust was closed. A cherry red 1968 Camaro was parked outside.
It’s been over a week since UF students learned ICE detained their fellow classmate Felipe Zapata Velásquez near campus.
On a spring day in April 2024, teachers and parents at Newberry Elementary filed in to cast ballots determining if the school would be converted into a charter.
After nine performances, the cast of Acrosstown Repertory Theatre’s production of “The Taming of the Shrew” realized men and women see their play differently. As Petruchio, the play’s domineering leading man, pats his wife Katherine on the head and remarks “good girl,” female audience members audibly cringe, while male audience members often laugh.
More than 75 mail carriers, postal service workers and supporters gathered near UF’s campus on March 23 to protest the Trump administration’s proposed changes to the U.S. Postal Service, which include cutting 10,000 jobs, billions of dollars and potentially privatizing the federal agency.
Female-owned businesses to visit around Gainesville
Loud. Dirty. Expensive. Those are some ways Devin Kinnally described off-campus housing.
Among floor-to-ceiling shelves of graphic novels, Michael Grover stood out in his blue pants patterned in goldfish, complete with a matching tie.
On a partly cloudy Tuesday afternoon, nearly 500 people gathered at the intersection of University Avenue and Main Street to protest President Donald Trump’s administration.
Behind the scenes of MusicGNV’s AM/FM Festival, the eclectic Gainesville music community shines through. Between three music venues — How Bazar, The Bull and Loosey’s — MusicGNV kicked off an event Sunday that not only hasn’t happened in over a decade, but has fostered a love of music for many.
Before Prizilla, the band, there was Priscilla, the car.
Vision Party celebrated a landslide victory in the Student Senate and cleared the executive ticket contest Wednesday night.
UF students lined up at polling stations early Wednesday for the second and last day of Student Government elections. By the time polls close this evening, students will have decided which party will define campus policy.
UF students lined up at polling stations early Tuesday to shape the future of campus life by selecting which party will lead Student Government for the next year.
On a summer day in 2015, 64-year-old Josefina Tometich grabbed her trusty BB gun and shot out the back window of a man’s car.
While on her recent tour, Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk expressed her distaste for the current state of the music industry in an interview with Variety, claiming streaming culture has ruined the music industry, specifically citing Spotify. But, how could something that revolutionized the music industry also plague it?
Solutions by The State News
