Five drivers arrested at a police checkpoint this weekend
At least five people were arrested at a DUI checkpoint on West University Avenue near Westgate Regency Shopping Center on Saturday evening and early Sunday morning.
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At least five people were arrested at a DUI checkpoint on West University Avenue near Westgate Regency Shopping Center on Saturday evening and early Sunday morning.
About 20 people stood for about two hours in the Gainesville City Hall building on Thursday for the opportunity to stand up for what they believe.
The school day just got longer for Alachua County Public School students — but only by seven minutes.
In the first Senate meeting of Spring, SG Senate President Pro-Tempore Janae Moodie resigned and told the chamber her party — Impact — and SG tokenize minorities.
An Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputy was arrested for stealing $9,900 of evidence Monday morning, Gainesville police said.
A Gainesville man was accused of calling a woman 50 times and telling her coworkers he would come visit their office, Gainesville Police said.
David Fogg, 78, and his wife, Paula, 61, opened a produce stand in 2009 where their 20-by-16-foot Amish shop will close at the end of December.
Out of the 2,451 items turned into RTS's lost and found between October 2016 and October 2017, 59 percent of them were disposed of, according to data from RTS.
Atlanta-based electronic music duo ATLiens will be performing at Simons on Friday night for their Space Cult Tour, playing alongside opening acts FLTHYVBZ and Frostbyte. The show is being hosted by Lucid Nightlife, which has been committed to bringing high-quality electronic events to Gainesville.
Confession time: After four semesters of reporting and editing, writing in first person is going to be a challenge. So, buckle in.
While hunting for Pokémon in the UF Health Shands Hospital parking garage in June, Tillissa Barcia’s 6-year-old son, Austin, found a painted rock.
On Friday, there was a bomb threat at my old high school. The school went into lockdown, and people were scared out of their minds. It turned out the bomb was not real. However, as we have seen over the last few years, these stories of terror in everyday places like schools, churches and concert venues do not always have a happy ending. Innocent people have their lives snatched away from them for no reason other than being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
In a way, the process of how rapidly and expansively a new meme spreads is impressive. Someone takes an image that is only mildly funny and then does something to it that suddenly renders it into a new creative medium of expression. If the meme is hot, “memelords” from around the internet will start using the new template and begin the production of new content utilizing this meme. For a few days, it will be the only meme you see on the internet, until it dissolves into irrelevancy just as quickly as it entered it, the ultimate fate of every meme.
Irving Roth said he didn’t understand why he was at Auschwitz.
Nearly 11 months after a fire shut down Smiley’s Antique Mall, the antique store will open with a new name, ownership, management and website.
While a conservative UF student organization fundraised using pies on one end of Turlington Plaza, about four students stood on the other end and protested by selling hot chocolate to raise money for Planned Parenthood.
Last week, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced that the FCC would terminate the Obama era regulations on net neutrality, which is the idea that all data on the internet is equal and that it should be treated as such. This decision was met with intense backlash from politicians, members of the media and tech companies across the country. Hashtags and social media campaigns have even emerged with the predictable hyperbole. Some users and news sites are warning that a repeal of net neutrality would cripple the First Amendment and would bring the end to a free internet. Newsflash: It’s never been free. So which side is in the right here?
A failed attempt by Project Veritas to expose the Washington Post for media bias has the U.S. once again cooing about fake news and the dishonest and corrupt media.
Sarah Whitemire, a visionary artist from Alachua “of immortal age,” works on an art piece using her hands and brushes while stationed at Depot Park. Every Friday, she livestreams herself via Facebook to showcase the progress of her art piece and has been painting her whole life.
Sarah Whitemire, a visionary artist from Alachua “of immortal age,” works on an art piece using her hands and brushes while stationed at Depot Park. Every Friday, she livestreams herself via Facebook to showcase the progress of her art piece and has been painting her whole life.