COVID-19 outbreak postpones City Commission meetings
(05/20/22 10:00am)
Gainesville City Commission’s Thursday meeting was canceled due to a COVID-19 outbreak among officials.
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Gainesville parents scour for baby formula amid nationwide shortage
(05/16/22 10:00am)
On her weekend trips to Target on Southwest Archer Road, Kami Ratliff used to reach for her 1-year-old daughter's preferred formula without second thought.
Fort Clarke student arrested after bringing loaded gun to school
(05/16/22 9:00am)
A Fort Clarke middle schooler was arrested after he brought a loaded gun to campus Friday.
An Avenue roundtable: Hot GNV Summer
(05/16/22 10:00am)
Pull out the sunscreen and pop open a cold one because this summer will be a scorcher in Gainesville.
Hippodrome art gallery holds a mirror for its latest installment
(05/11/22 2:06am)
The Hippodrome’s art gallery could be mistaken for the streets that surround it with its latest update, “Hipp Humans: a Collection of Stories from the Humans of Gainesville,” unveiled April 22.
Diversity on the rise in Gainesville’s music community
(04/18/22 6:05pm)
Gainesville artists and organizations are working to uplift people of color, queer and female voices in the local music scene.
Outwit, Outplay, Outlast: Survivor UF holds first two seasons on ‘Gator Island’
(04/11/22 1:02pm)
Zack Casella wanted to face off island competitors in challenges like the CBS American reality television show “Survivor.” Instead, the applied physiology and kinesiology senior brought it to Gainesville.
Gainesville groups and pet owners confront pit bull misconceptions
(03/21/22 12:29pm)
Allison Martineau was surrounded by the affection of pit bull breeds at an early age. Now, the memory of the true nature of pit bulls motivates the 28-year-old substance abuse lead technician to foster the misunderstood dog type.
SG opposes diminished student parking spots
(03/14/22 1:01pm)
UF’s Transportation and Parking Services will convert 40 parking spots in Norman parking garage from student to faculty parking. Student Government leaders protest.
Students experience first Spring Break since pandemic shutdowns
(03/14/22 1:04pm)
Students enjoyed their first Spring Break since March 2020 exploring Florida, traveling out of state and visiting hometowns. As this year’s Spring Break commences, so does yet another unexpected global conflict.
New performance event will spotlight local rap talent
(03/10/22 9:45pm)
Rhymes, couplets, spoken word, metaphor and repetition promise to flood the stage at a small Gainesville bar during a night all about the art of rap.
Food that feeds your soul: Gainesville African and soul food cuisine honors local Black community
(03/01/22 6:16pm)
Merriam Fischer was 5 years old when she took to the kitchen boiling traditional African soups with her mother. To her, there was nothing more exhilarating than finally preparing the flavorful foods she knew all her life.
More than 20 people say they were scammed by a man who lived in Gainesville
(02/25/22 5:33am)
For around a month, UF students Jeremiah Gu, Luke Morris and Mitch Valdes’ cash and food was disappearing. The three roommates began to find themselves in what they describe as a roommate nightmare.
“Cade After Dark” event series inspires to be a first round pick for Gainesville nightlife
(02/21/22 1:15pm)
Filled with wonder, imagination and the prospect of having fun, adults rushed to the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention Friday night.
UFPD identifies the suspect who recorded a victim in a dorm shower in December
(02/21/22 2:01pm)
The UF Police Department issued a warrant Wednesday for a man who used a cell phone to record a student in a Murphree Hall shower.
Where Gainesville’s Cuban community stands seven months after the July protests
(02/18/22 10:05am)
Ninety miles from the land of the free exists an island shackled by its government.
Shands hospital halts media availability as county COVID-19 cases drop
(02/18/22 10:01am)
COVID-19 cases in Alachua County dropped in the last week — continuing the downward trend that began at the end of January.
Gainesville mother helps others create family memories
(02/11/22 10:05am)
Kathy Stewart’s 6-year-old daughter had done everything there was to do in Gainesville, from summer camps to preschool day trips.
Alachua County vaccination rate hits 70%
(02/09/22 2:00pm)
Alachua County’s COVID-19 cases reached their third consecutive weekly drop in cases as of Friday.
Positive COVID cases drop in Alachua County
(02/02/22 3:28pm)
Alachua County’s COVID-19 cases dropped for the second time since November last week. The number of COVID hospitalizations dropped on Monday after rising and falling throughout the last week.
