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(09/30/24 9:50am)
Florida, known for its beautiful coastlines and lively population, faces a severe challenge: homelessness. Despite Florida’s allure, the state struggles with a growing crisis. In 2023, Florida reported 15,482 unsheltered individuals, which is 6% of the national total and the highest since records began in 2007. This situation highlights the urgent need for practical solutions.
(09/09/24 9:45am)
CORRECTION: This column has been updated to reflect that Nikki Fried is not leading support for Amendment 3 for legal marijuana. Fried and the Florida Democrat Party have not endorsed Amendment 3. Previously, Fried has shown support for legalizing recreational cannabis.
(09/12/24 11:00am)
As Joseph Ladapo’s three-year tenure as state surgeon general and UF professor of medicine approaches this month, his presence at UF has largely served as a figurehead role, despite years of public concern and reports depicting otherwise.
(09/03/24 9:55am)
Grabbing a handle of Tito’s vodka, one-third full, and chugging it straight at The Range bar. That’s the last thing Bennett remembers before waking up in the hospital with a wristband reading “rescue peanut.”
(08/30/24 2:57pm)
Loran Kenstley Cole, 57, became the first person to be executed in Florida in 2024, marking the 13th execution this year and the 106th in Florida since the United States Supreme Court’s reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976.
(07/22/24 9:57am)
On a hot Sunday afternoon, families of East Gainesville gathered for free food, music and a back-to-school backpack giveaway to celebrate the launch of the One Community Family Resource Center.
(07/22/24 9:59am)
Mikhail Lawson, then 14, was charged as an adult for a Feb. 19 armed homicide-robbery case accompanied by two others at Pointe 23 apartments in Gainesville.
(07/22/24 9:55am)
In 1886, William Graham Sumner, a renaissance man of the social sciences, formerly taught at Yale, produced a work named, “The Forgotten Man.” This piece gave insight into how the American government was moving toward aiding large corporations and concurrently leaving the middle class behind.
(06/20/24 2:28am)
On Monday, William Briscoe was arrested on suspicion of the attempted murder of his girlfriend’s son, who escaped the incident unscathed.
(04/15/24 1:00pm)
Heavyweight boxing champion Sid Foreman was murdered the night of the party at 6:48 p.m. At 6:52 p.m., partygoers ran out of napkins to go with their pizza.
(04/15/24 1:00pm)
One of the most prominent addictions among my generation these days isn’t one of the things my parents warned me about becoming addicted to before coming to college: drugs, alcohol or sex. It is something normalized by friends and peers at all hours of the day, in public, during class and on holidays.
(04/15/24 1:00pm)
UF pre-med student Emmanuel Espinoza, 21, was charged with first-degree murder and destroying or tampering with physical evidence April 6 after stabbing his mother over 70 times.
(04/08/24 1:00pm)
Framed by a neon array of the latest hemp, CBD and nicotine products neatly arranged in glass display cases, business partners Pedro Soler and Justin Mendoza paused when asked if there was a downside to the authorization of recreational marijuana in Florida.
(03/31/24 11:55pm)
As the academic year comes to a close, rapper Nelly is scheduled to speak and perform April 9 during a Student Government Productions and ACCENT Speakers Bureau event.
(04/01/24 3:10pm)
For Alex Klausner, a 33-year-old musician and drum instructor, the COVID-19 pandemic proved to be the most painful period he’d experienced in his music career.
(03/04/24 2:00pm)
The bedrock of America’s criminal justice system is the right to be tried by a jury of one’s peers.
(02/05/24 2:00pm)
Nestled inside a discreet former bank in downtown Gainesville, the State Attorney’s Office handles a wide range of cases, from high-profile murders to traffic tickets and everything in between.
(01/29/24 2:00pm)
Victoria Gómez de la Torre, the supervisor of the Migrant Education Program with Alachua County School Board and an Ecuadorian expatriate, has reflected on her land’s outcry with a heavy heart.
(01/13/24 9:55pm)
In the comfort of her Miami home, 34-year-old Julianne Espinosa lies in bed captivated by videos of Disney princesses flashing across her television screen. As echoes of “The Little Mermaid” fill her room, she smiles brightly, silently expressing the words she cannot say.
(01/10/24 7:45pm)
A Stephen Foster Elementary School teacher is facing charges for possessing a controlled substance, resisting an officer without violence and driving under the influence.
