Decline of religion might not be bad
In his column last Wednesday, my colleague Erik Skipper articulated the classic assertion that a growing absence of God and religion in public life has led to the disintegration of American society.
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In his column last Wednesday, my colleague Erik Skipper articulated the classic assertion that a growing absence of God and religion in public life has led to the disintegration of American society.
Gainesville Police shared crime statistics, reflections of 2012 and plans for the future with residents at a town hall meeting last week.
In the debate over gun control, one of the ideas I keep seeing come up is that in homicide situations, the weapon is often a moot point.
Before reading this column, I encourage you to look up the selective attention test of Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris. (An Internet search of “selective attention test” should return it as a result.)
Gainesville Police is investigating a possible homicide after a woman was found dead in her apartment Sunday afternoon.
The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Sunday night shooting in Archer that left one person dead and two others in the hospital.
Pedro Bravo pled not guilty Tuesday to five additional charges in his alleged connection to Christian Aguilar’s murder.
An Alachua County grand jury indicted an Alabama man Thursday accused of stabbing a Gainesville resident on West University Avenue in October.
UF psychology student Shari Isaacs, 20, tried to explain depression to an audience of about 30 people Thursday night.
Gainesville Police identified the victim of a West University Avenue homicide as part of new details released Monday.
A man accused of being connected to a homicide on West University Avenue was arrested in Alabama Saturday afternoon.
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Following a shooting that left a Santa Fe College student dead, Gainesville Police arrested two men connected to the murder.
He dozed off in a living room chair with his fists clenched. Akeem Jones knew his friend’s spirit was before him. He just didn’t want to believe it.
Two homeless people found a human skeleton in the woods Tuesday night.
Relationship drama turned violent Wednesday morning when a girl's ex-boyfriend was charged with stabbing her current beau.
The Alachua County Sheriff's Office arrested a Gainesville man Monday morning on a charge of killing his 1-year-old daughter — about 15 months after the girl died.
A 19-year-old woman was killed in a single-car accident on Interstate 75 Tuesday morning.
A UF employee was in serious condition at Shands at UF on Wednesday after she was in an accident while driving her motor scooter Tuesday afternoon.
Artrel Dubose came to Gainesville to attend the funeral of a family member.