Use the fields below to perform an advanced search of The Independent Florida Alligator's archives. This will return articles, images, and multimedia relevant to your query.
220 items found for your search. If no results were found please broaden your search.
Three South Florida teenagers who stand accused of setting another teen on fire will be charged as adults, according to the Associated Press. Denver Jarvis and Matthew Bent, both 15, and Jesus Mendez, 16, were charged with one count each of attempted second-degree murder on Monday.
Your editorial column "Closed Doors" was patently ridiculous. According to Mapquest Shands at AGH and Shands at UF are 1.42 miles apart. I hardly think a three-minute travel time will result in "cutting off access to those in need" and your hysterically dire predictions for infant mortality, STDs, homicide deaths, economic decline, crime, etc.
Shands HealthCare is closing the doors at AGH on Nov. 1, citing persistent financial losses and the weakened economy. In recent years, these annual losses have climbed to more than $12 million.
What if "Encyclopedia Brown" grew up and was still solving mysteries for a dime? Well, you'll find out what it's like in Derrick Comedy's new movie, which premiered Friday at Regal Cinema 14 in Butler Plaza.
The killing of a Gainesville man by an Alachua County Sheriff's deputy was ruled justifiable by a grand jury Tuesday.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Shockingly put on the back-burner by most of the national media, the rough and tumble streets of Chicago continue to claim the lives of innocent city youth.
UF's campus is scattered with about 250 blue emergency phones for those in need of help.
Despite the faltering economy, recent Gainesivlle crime statistics paint a surprisng picture.
A Gainesville teacher was arrested on Monday after he was found to be in possession of two loaded firearms - a small one in his pocket and a larger one in his car.
Three homicides occurred in Alachua County in 2008, and police predict that the ailing economy will cause the number to rise.
A 19-year-old man was arrested after being accused of threatening to shoot someone in the head during a drug deal Monday.
I want to respond to the article about the teenager who is being charged with homicide as an adult. The fact that this kid may have taken another person's life is a tragic and reprehensible circumstance, but it does not mean his life should also be taken.
A Gainesville teenager will face a homicide charge after the man he was accused of stabbing died Sunday.
An Eastside High School student who was hit by a Regional Transit System bus July 2 was still listed in critical condition at Shands at UF as of Wednesday evening.
A sketch of the man who attacked and raped a woman jogging in Haile Plantation Wednesday was released this weekend.
In response to the editorial "Concealed weapons do not belong on campus," there are a few things that I would like to say. First off, I feel that my life is worth protecting, be it by wearing a seat belt when driving or carrying a gun.
Editor's Note:UF plans to test its text-messaging emergency notification system on Tuesday, Jan. 15.
Gainesville has recently been afflicted with dorm-room robberies, downtown homicides and unfortunate traffic-accident casualties. In times like these, I would expect our tax dollars to be used wisely to protect us from recurrences. Instead, what did our honorable law enforcement officials choose to do? They responded to mounting pressure by creating a multi-agency narcotics unit, which, according to Gainesville Police Chief Norman Botsford, is the most important unit.
A UF student was killed early Sunday morning in a traffic accident off State Road 121.
Solutions by The State News
