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Editor’s Note: The Alligator didn’t cover the candidacy of Raemi Eagle-Glenn for District 1 and Joy Glanzer for District 3 because the positions are uncontested for the Republican party. The candidacy of Democrat Charles S. Chestnut IV for District 5 is also uncontested. These races will not appear on the Aug. 18 ballot.
With the primary election on Aug. 18, Gainesville voters may not get to know their candidates on a personal level, so those running for County Commissioner shared a little bit about who they are outside the office.
More than 50,000 Alachua County residents have requested mail-in ballots, and the number is growing. While voting by mail from the comfort of one’s home may reduce the spread of COVID-19, it poses new challenges to students in and outside of Gainesville.
When forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored the first goal for Arsenal with an effortless penalty shot in the 28th minute of Saturday’s FA Cup final, the Zoom chat erupted with a cacophony of noise that included claps, cheers and a fair bit of profanity.
In a hotly debated but decidedly abrupt conversation, Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) reportedly called Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) a “f***ing bi**h” on the steps of the Capitol Monday morning, The Hill reported.
Gainesville declared July 20 as Black Lives Matter and Trans Inclusive Movement Day. Trans and ally voices rang in the proclamation with chants and speeches on the steps of City Hall Monday.
Alachua County Sheriff candidates discussed COVID-19 response, police accountability, the school-to-prison pipeline and decarceration at a Saturday forum.
I celebrated my first ever Pride in Gainesville.
Past: Realizations
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the sports calendar into disarray. The month of June usually features the NBA Finals and the Stanley Cup Final as well as the MLB's regular season and the U.S. Open. This summer was also supposed to have huge international events like the Summer Olympics in Tokyo and Euro 2020.
The Art Festival at Thornebrook was where things changed.
A family of three stood together in a tight circle. Trenita White held an umbrella while her daughters, Joanna and Juanita, passed back and forth a cardboard sign that read “Black Lives Matter.” It ended at Joanna, who held it for the majority of the march.
After a number of sleepless nights, Adriann Jordan found herself standing in the Minneapolis rain at the site of George Floyd’s death. The scene was adorned with flowers and a mural of Floyd — his name memorialized among many others that protesters have chanted in the streets.
April Hines, a UF journalism and mass communications librarian, took time off from work in 2019 to take care of her newborn son.
Mackintosh Joachim said he’s sick and tired of being sick and tired.
All it used to take to go to the gym before COVID-19 was a pair of tennis shoes and a pinch of motivation. After gyms reopened Monday, gymgoers find themselves facing new limitations.
Let’s say I told you to roam the O’Connell Center and ask people to describe Cam Newbauer.
Oklahoma first baseman Shay Knighten crushed a series-defining homerun and the chances of Kelly Barnhill and Amanda Lorenz capturing a Women’s College World Series title in one swing.
A pandemic is killing thousands of people and infecting millions more. The last thing anyone might want to do is pick up other people’s trash — except for Gainesville residents Laura Zoellner and Leah Moss.
What was supposed to be a new beginning now feels like a cliffhanger, said Hali Reeves, a graduating UF senior.
Solutions by The State News
