Highway fatalities lowest since 2000 due to campaigns
The state's highway fatalities have dropped to the lowest number since 2000, according to a Florida Highway Patrol release.
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The state's highway fatalities have dropped to the lowest number since 2000, according to a Florida Highway Patrol release.
The Florida Department of Transportation has temporarily shut down an Interstate 75 rest area for road repairs.
Two hopeful candidates announced their bids Monday for Gainesville City Commission seats that will open in March.
Alachua County schools could get a financial boost if Congress passes President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan.
Improving transportation and making city buses more hip were among the topics discussed by Gainesville residents Wednesday at a workshop sponsored by the Regional Transit System.
Recent college graduates are choosing graduate school over full-time jobs, as the failing economy makes it more difficult to find and keep work.
Ice cream fans got a chance to meet Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield at the store's Archer Road location Friday night.
She may not have worn Michelle Obama's flowing Jason Wu gown, but Cynthia Russell celebrated President Barack Obama's inauguration in style.
As President Barack Obama prepared to take his oath of office, people at the Alachua County Headquarters Library in downtown Gainesville took in the moment with quiet fascination.
Rev. Milford Griner, 51, remembers where he was April 4, 1968.
An ordinance that puts pressure on bars, restaurants and clubs that violate underage drinking laws is one step closer to becoming law after the Gainesville City Commission unanimously passed its first reading at a meeting Thursday.
Cynthia Russell, 50, of Newberry, recently won a ticket to President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration through an essay contest sponsored by the Presidential Inaugural Committee. Russell, who has lived in the area since 1978, worked with Obama's grassroots campaign. She owns three businesses, Emerald Ventures, a construction company, Studio One Home Staging, an interior design company, and Magnolia Manor, a property management company. She enjoys riding Harley Davidson motorcycles and cooking gourmet food with her boyfriend, Chris. Here are her thoughts on the win:
A proposed ordinance banning people under 21 years old from bars and restaurants that habitually violate underage drinking laws might pass at the Gainesville City Commission meeting on Thursday.
Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan will make her annual State of the City address Wednesday at 8 a.m. in front of the Hippodrome State Theatre.
The recent BCS National Championship boosted demand for Gator fan-ware, but some stores said business isn't as good as it was after past title wins.
Buses that cross West University Avenue will be rerouted for Thursday's BCS National Championship Game.
The Alachua County Commission reviewed how nonprofit programs designed to reduce poverty receive county funding but agreed to keep funding limits in place at a special meeting Tuesday at the County Administration Building.
A local woman is the first of 10 essay contest winners to receive a ticket to the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama.
UF College of Medicine professor James William Doyle is not only remembered as a successful educator and doctor of ophthalmology, but also as an amateur comedian.