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(06/20/25 3:20pm)
You wake up. Something is trending. Maybe a tragedy happened in your backyard or a disaster is occurring halfway across the world. Either way, it follows you. No matter what app you open or who you talk to, it's going to be in your face.
(06/19/25 10:00am)
Swiping on dating apps is endless. Each swipe offers brief hope for a romantic partner, but it more often leads to recycled conversations, sudden silences and isolation.
(05/26/25 10:00am)
El Centro de Servicios para Víctimas y Crisis por Violación del Condado de Alachua ofrecerá un grupo de apoyo completamente en español y gratuito para sobrevivientes de violencia sexual.
(05/15/25 10:00am)
We’re lonelier than ever. Locked behind screens, buried in work and scrolling endlessly on social media, it feels like we’ve lost something completely vital: the places where we truly connect.
(04/22/25 3:46pm)
What a difference four years can make.
(04/22/25 11:00am)
Correction: This story has been updated to reflect the task force has worked on over 1,000 cases in the past five years.
(04/14/25 3:37am)
While 73% of Gainesville voters cast their November ballots in favor of returning control over public utilities back to the city, the issue remains unresolved — and has moved to a courtroom. A judge ruled on April 2 the Gainesville Regional Utilities Authority Board will remain in control of city utilities due to misleading language on the ballot referendum.
(03/17/25 10:30am)
In her home nestled on Southeast 23rd Lane, Conjwanna Robinson had a family and three decades of history — but the Florence Landfill was enough to make her want to pack up her life and leave. She wasn’t alone.
(03/04/25 5:00pm)
Los adultos jóvenes suelen caer en errores. Algunos retiran una materia, otros son arrestados por posesión de marihuana o el uso de identificaciones falsas. Para estos últimos, el ex fiscal estatal y senador de Florida Rod Smith introdujo una solución a principios de la década de 1990 que aún sigue vigente: los acuerdos de enjuiciamiento diferido (DPA, por sus siglas en inglés).
(03/04/25 12:00pm)
Young adults tend to fumble. Some drop a class; some get busted for marijuana or fake IDs. For the latter, former State Attorney and Florida Sen. Rod Smith introduced a still-thriving solution in the early 1990s: deferred prosecution agreements, or DPAs.
(02/27/25 7:48pm)
A UF Health psychiatrist was arrested Wednesday on 10 counts of possessing child pornography and three counts of animal cruelty for possessing sexual images of dogs and horses.
(02/14/25 12:06pm)
Anoop Savio has hit it big, but he’s also suffered crushing blows. One swipe, and the 21-year-old UF finance master’s student could snag a few shares of AMC. Another swipe, and he’d sell some Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency token. In a few trades on the brokerage platform Robinhood, Savio could see the value of his portfolio plummet suddenly or watch his balance skyrocket.
(01/25/25 7:38pm)
Dozens of UF students flocked to the Plaza of the Americas Friday afternoon to witness the evangelical preacher Cindy Smock, better known as “Sister Cindy,” deliver her yearly quasi-sermon on the dangers of drinking and sexual promiscuity among college-aged students.
(01/24/25 8:59pm)
After months of uncertainty, 18-year-old country singer Mason Ramsey’s “Falls Into Place Tour” was back on track at Gainesville’s Heartwood Soundstage.
(01/18/25 6:51pm)
As TikTok’s fate hangs in the balance, roughly 170 million users across the United States face the possibility of losing access to the app, which has become the focal point of a growing national security debate.
(01/06/25 11:00pm)
After reviewing items from Google search inquiries and a handwritten “goodbye letter” at a hearing Monday, United States assistant attorney Adam Hapner said there was probable cause a Gainesville man was guilty of cyberstalking.
(01/02/25 1:00pm)
Forrest Kendall Pemberton, a 26-year-old Gainesville resident, was arrested by the FBI on federal stalking charges Dec. 28 for allegedly plotting an attack on a major pro-Israel organization in Plantation, Florida.
(12/13/24 3:06pm)
Hundreds of UF students gathered at the Plaza of the Americas on Thursday afternoon for a Luigi Mangione lookalike contest, showcasing Generation Z’s unique ability to transform somber news into a source of shared humor and entertainment.
(10/29/24 9:39pm)
There is one Florida Senate seat up for election on the Alachua County ballot: District 9.
(10/29/24 9:39pm)
Florida House District 10 encompasses all of Union, Bradford, Columbia and Baker counties. It also includes the northern half of Alachua County, with a small portion of the northernmost neighborhoods outside of Gainesville enveloped as well.