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The name Voleer means strength, reading and writing. Even so, Voleer Thomas’ mother had no idea her daughter would grow to be a journalist.
Growing up, Cynthia Chestnut didn’t have Black, female role models to look to. So, she became one.
In 2020, Amanda Figueredo wasn’t even a sworn officer. Two years later, she became the fourth woman in the Gainesville Police Department’s history to join the SWAT unit.
As someone who previously studied art history, Coral Smith has been an eyewitness to the unbalanced domination of men in the art field.
A bill drafted for the Florida House of Representatives could put Gainesville Regional Utilities out of the city’s control.
The city’s short-lived reinstatement of its K-9 unit ended Friday after it was pulled due to community concerns and demands for transparency.
For the first time in the country’s history, Ireland will hear the singing of woodwinds, the buzzing of brass and the booming of drums from the Gator Marching Band as it embodies the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day with “We Are the Boys from Old Florida.”
Jack Polk’s white Honda Civic, known by his friends as “Satchy,” has at least 10 Satchel’s Pizza bumper stickers on its back window. While Polk doesn’t recall exactly when his collection started, he estimates around 2009, when his grandparents first moved to Gainesville.
As a set rolled in, Cory Gann, a 22-year-old UF architecture senior, paddled for the shoreline of New Smyrna Beach. Gann gracefully dropped into a small wave as he picked up momentum on his 9-foot-6-inch longboard.
Underneath off-campus student apartment complexes, businesses hope to claim one of the recently built retail spaces, promising further development to the growing college town.
It’s hard to imagine Gainesville’s music scene without staples such as the Heartwood Soundstage and the High Dive. In the early ‘70’s, Jim Forsman and Jeffrey Meldon came together to create the Great Southern Music Hall, a first-of-its-kind performance space in Gainesville that paved the way for future venues.
Freshman designated hitter Luke Heyman stood opposite Cincinnati redshirt senior pitcher Jackson Murphy.
Alachua County high school teacher María Eugenia Zelaya believes there is something new to learn every day.
Marking over half a year since a police K-9 tore out a man’s eye during a traffic stop, the Gainesville Police Department’s K-9 unit announced its return from a monthlong hiatus.
UF alumna and former associate researcher Dan Zhu has combated rising sea levels in Indonesia and planned greener buildings in China. After traveling the world fighting climate change, she’s now back to serve the city she’s called home for over 12 years.
After losing everything when her home of Luhansk, Ukraine, was occupied by pro-Russian separatists in 2014, Natalia Pluzhnyk moved to Severodonetsk, Ukraine. There, she worked on the front lines of the war in eastern Ukraine as a volunteer — all while being terrified Russia would try to seize her home again.
Cristian Guerrero doesn’t consider himself to have much of a sweet tooth. But when it comes to Bushel & Peck, all bets are off.
If you ask Le-Alem Getachew, the Hippodrome Theatre is more than just a pretty sight in the heart of downtown Gainesville.
Local Gainesville musician JulyART performs a 45-minute set at The Hippodrome’s February edition of “Basement Sessions” Thursday night.
Julia Andrews may have been the one speaking, but most eyes in the Harn Museum’s auditorium were not on her. Instead, audience members — including local families and UF students — had a hard time looking away from the colorful paintings flashing across the projector behind her as she spoke.
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