GPD plans organizational review
After publicly apologizing for recent cases of police misconduct to more than 50 community members at a meeting Monday, City Manager Russ Blackburn discussed future plans for the Gainesville Police Department.
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After publicly apologizing for recent cases of police misconduct to more than 50 community members at a meeting Monday, City Manager Russ Blackburn discussed future plans for the Gainesville Police Department.
When Brandy Jaworski couldn't sleep and needed to talk early Tuesday morning, she called her friend Michael VanWagner.
A funeral service will be held Monday for Michael VanWagner, a UF history senior who died Thursday after his scooter was hit by a car two days earlier.
After a 15-hour flight from Iraq, Michael VanWagner's sister, Dana, arrived at his hospital room three hours before he died at 1:51 p.m. Thursday.
Michael VanWagner, a UF history student, died Thursday at 1:51 p.m.
A failing housing market and reduced tax revenue may force the county to eliminate or scale back some projects planned for the coming years.
Florida's attempts to balance its budget could temporarily shut down 19 state parks.
Soft R&B still played quietly over the intercom system as police searched for blood and bullet casings in the parking lot of a Northwest Gainesville gas station Sunday night.
The Gainesville Sun, Florida House of Representatives and nine Marion County public offices received envelopes Monday containing an unidentified white powder that turned out to be flour.
After hearing arguments Tuesday in Gainesville, a federal judge granted an injunction Wednesday evening on a Florida campaign finance law that regulates political speech.
A woman was arrested in Southeast Gainesville on Wednesday morning after police reported that she led them on a chase in a stolen car.
A UF employee standing at the edge of the roof of the Dental Tower was talked down by University Police on Tuesday afternoon.
With early voting starting today, we here at the Alligator thought it would be a good idea for you to take a look at your local candidates.
Michelle Obama is scheduled to stop in Gainesville on Wednesday as she travels through Florida to encourage early voting, according to a release from the Obama campaign.
A false bomb threat at the Shands at AGH emergency room Sunday put the hospital on lockdown for about 30 minutes.
A man being chased by Gainesville Police in relation to a bicycle theft ended up in the hospital early Monday.
The owner of a blue 2006 Dodge Magnum told Gainesville Police his car was stolen after he got out to check for collision damage early Sunday.
An apartment building was evacuated Thursday afternoon after a car ripped open two outdoor gas mains.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's stance against abortion and favor of abstinence-only sex education have thousands of people making donations in her honor-to Planned Parenthood.
A dismembered alligator carcass was found in a vacant lot on Southwest 23rd Street near campus Thursday night only a day after the Associated Press reported that a dismembered crocodile carcass was found at the University of Miami.