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When the tubas and trombones of the UF Fightin' Gator Marching Band played during the first quarter at UF’s Sept. 5 game against Florida Atlantic, a crowd of eager Gator fans loudly welcomed the return of the infamous “Gator Bait” cheer.
An Alachua County Republican running for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives this midterm season is drawing criticism for his ties to a controversial southern group and his attendance at the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Heads bowed in silence at City Hall Plaza as the first church bell rang at 8:46 a.m. and the second at 9:03 a.m., the exact times the first and second planes struck the North and South tower of the World Trade Center in 2001.
Every year, Gainesville residents are welcomed into summer by bug-splattered windshields and black-speckled walls — a sign of one of Florida’s most notorious seasonal occurrences: lovebugs.
From the books to the podium, Rik Stevenson, a UF assistant instructional professor in African American studies, brought the history of Black faith communities and resistance to life in the final “The Other Book Part 2” lecture.
Placards of local history and a stone lion listened to conversations on local politics Friday evening in the Matheson History Museum. About 70 people nibbled on Germain’s Chicken Sandwiches and chatted with local representatives to kick off Mayor Harvey Ward’s reelection campaign.
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Dr. Kathi A. Earles visited UF’s Bob Graham Center for Public Service Thursday evening to share her research on health disparities.
Bundled in coats and scarves, hundreds of people filled Gainesville’s streets on Monday morning to honor the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with banners and cheers.
The Gators (1-3) take on the No. 9 Texas Longhorns (3-1) at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Saturday. Stay tuned for live updates.
It’s been 25 years since Wheatus released its debut self-titled album. Two decades, a One Direction cover and several social media trends later, the New York City-based pop-rock band best known for the track “Teenage Dirtbag” is witnessing a rebirth of its teenage angst anthems.
This story has been updated to reflect the spelling and definition of a pantoum.
Fie Scoobie doesn’t care if you don’t know where he's from. He just wants you to know that you're about to find out.
Florida took home its first national championship in 18 years after a neck-and-neck game between the Houston Cougars on Monday night. The Alamodome supported a boxing ring, much by Houston’s invention, and with a national championship hanging in the balance, top-seeded Florida and Houston traded haymakers.
Every meet day, UF gymnastics assistant coach Jeremy Miranda walks into a designated closet for his 150 men’s button-down shirts. After some careful consideration, he selects the one matching whatever leotards the Gators are wearing that evening.
A gaggle of teenage boys stampeded through the woods in 1984. It was just beyond 15-year-old Johnell Gainey’s new home in Southeast Gainesville — a paradise for childhood imagination, for slingshots and BB guns and exploring in the summer heat.
On Feb. 9 around 8:30 p.m., millions of fans sat in their living rooms, eyes glued to their screens as rapper Kendrick Lamar took the Super Bowl halftime stage. For 13 minutes, fans watched as Lamar commanded the space, delivering a performance that was as visually striking as it was thought-provoking.
Overlooked, underutilized and underpaid is how Terri Bailey said she would characterize the Black artistic community in Gainesville.
Florida softball will host No. 8 Duke on Friday, Feb. 14. It’ll likely be the first ranked contest held at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium in 2025, but not the last.
As of Tuesday at 7 p.m., over 30,679 Alachua County residents have voted on Election Day. Overall, the county has seen about 84% voter turnout with early voting and mail-in ballots included, or 137,739 ballots cast, according to the county’s turnout tracker.
Visitors gathered in the Santa Fe College Blount Center Aug. 1 to hear several Black-led organizations inform citizens about voting.
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