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(12/01/16 10:09pm)
You’re sitting in the doctor’s office, waiting with anticipation for Dr. Pepper to come in to treat you. After what feels like an eternity, he finally knocks on the door and lets himself in. “So, you’ve been cut in half. Vertically. How you were even able to do anything apart from bleed out on the floor, let alone get up, schedule a doctor’s appointment and attend this appointment, is nothing short of a miracle. Frankly, everything I know about medicine has been undermined by your survival.” You stare blankly at him, then despite your larynx literally being severed in half, manage to shout out “God damn it Doc, speak English! How much time do I have left to live?” Shocked you’re even able to reply, he stutters, “A few minutes, I think? Once again, you’ve literally been split down the middle.” “Oh thank God,” you mutter, spitting blood everywhere. “Just enough time to read the only thing worth living for,
(12/01/16 12:00am)
When Willie Green strums his guitar and belts out the blues today, he’ll be going off memory.
(11/30/16 9:52pm)
Perhaps one of the most famous (and offensive) myths perpetuated by financial conservatives is that all of those who receive government assistance in the form of welfare checks or food stamps are either lazy, addicted to drugs and alcohol or both. Today, we are going to evaluate how absurd and ignorant this view is.
(11/30/16 8:38pm)
The Weeknd has become one of the biggest artists over the past several years. Since making his debut in 2011, Abel Tesfaye has transcended into a hit-making superstar.
(11/27/16 11:22pm)
As he led police on a mile-long chase Thursday, a Gainesville man waved a newspaper out of his car window and nearly hit someone with his car, Gainesville Police said.
(11/16/16 12:40am)
For Alex Rodriguez, 2014 was a turning point.
(11/11/16 5:51am)
Victor Lopez’s time in Afghanistan still follows him to class.
(11/09/16 5:59pm)
A UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences assistant professor will use grant funding to educate small-scale farmers about food safety this spring.
(11/02/16 11:10pm)
Republican Keith Perry, a local business owner and Gainesville native, is running against Democrat Rod Smith to become the District 8 Florida state senator.
(11/01/16 11:45pm)
After nearly 40 years in law enforcement and about a decade as the Alachua County Sheriff, Sadie Darnell lists among her accomplishments strides to address mental health issues and domestic violence while strengthening community outreach.
(10/26/16 12:01am)
A crowd of about 500 people filled the Reitz Union Rion Ballroom Tuesday to hear two prospective Florida state senators face off to represent Alachua County.
(10/23/16 11:09pm)
Gainesville Police arrested a man Friday for trying to steal more than $1,000 worth of merchandise from the Macy’s department store at The Oaks Mall.
(10/20/16 11:57pm)
Gainesville Police arrested a local man Wednesday for having about 30 pounds of marijuana at his home.
(10/18/16 12:33am)
The Crisis and Emergency Resource Center is reopening at Peabody Hall on Oct. 31.
(10/13/16 10:41pm)
Against the light-green walls of a room on the fourth floor of UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital, a 9-year-old boy clenched his fist as a nurse hooked an IV into his arm Tuesday.
(10/12/16 11:00pm)
Do you remember, dear reader, sitting in a Drug Abuse Resistance Education class in elementary school, taking that solemn and sacred vow to never touch drugs? We do. Statistically, most of you have broken that oath. It’s no secret that a sizable portion of the college demographic has experimented with cannabis in one of its many forms.
(10/10/16 8:00pm)
Police found nearly 8 grams of marijuana in a local woman’s vagina Saturday.
(10/06/16 8:26pm)
After battling bipolar disorder for two years, Brian Hamm wants to let others know they’re not alone.
(10/06/16 12:00am)
Opinions are like armpits: Everyone’s got them, and everyone thinks everyone else’s stink. And opinions about TV shows are even more contentious.
(10/04/16 11:42pm)
I was a freshman and walking to my first-ever college party. It was 9 p.m., and I approached the apartment complex slowly. I stuck my hand into the pocket of my dark-green army jacket and fiddled with the half-filled pack of Marlboro Lights with two joints pushed to the corners. I figured I should bring something to be polite, but I had no way of obtaining a bottle of wine or a six-pack of beer.
