Florida vs. Texas: Live updates
(10/11/25 6:05pm)
The Gators (1-3) take on the No. 9 Texas Longhorns (3-1) at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Saturday. Stay tuned for live updates.
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Wheatus rallies teenage dirtbags across Gainesville
(10/02/25 12:52am)
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.
Gainesville poets share emotions, verses at downtown showcase
(09/09/25 2:41pm)
This story has been updated to reflect the spelling and definition of a pantoum.
From east to west, Fie Scoobie has Gainesville pride
(07/25/25 10:15am)
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.
An ‘electric’ national championship, seen from the streets of Gainesville
(04/08/25 1:22am)
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.
Jeremy Miranda steadies Florida gymnastics with NCAA Regionals on the horizon
(03/25/25 11:07am)
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.
The Florence Landfill: the ‘most popular dump in the world’
(02/26/25 3:01pm)
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.
Sports and politics are two sides of the same coin
(02/27/25 1:05pm)
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.
Black love showcased through art
(02/21/25 11:30am)
Overlooked, underutilized and underpaid is how Terri Bailey said she would characterize the Black artistic community in Gainesville.
An invisible string: chalk, championships and chance
(01/21/25 11:00am)
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.
LIVE UPDATES: Alachua County voters head to the polls
(11/05/24 6:42pm)
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.
Equal Ground and partners address legislative voter suppression
(08/05/24 9:58am)
Visitors gathered in the Santa Fe College Blount Center Aug. 1 to hear several Black-led organizations inform citizens about voting.
Matheson Museum hosts ‘Voice and Votes: Democracy in America’ Smithsonian exhibit
(07/22/24 9:57am)
With the Matheson Museum walls swathed in Alachua County voting history, the Smithsonian added an additional six panels of U.S. voting history.
Spring Student Government elections: A voter’s guide
(02/26/24 2:00pm)
On Feb. 27 and 28, UF students will vote for 50 Student Senate seats and the positions of student body president, vice president and treasurer in the Spring 2024 Student Government elections.
Local medical providers, residents grapple with health care gaps and food deserts
(02/12/24 2:00pm)
Two days of sleepless nights and contractions every 15 minutes are what Scott Darius and his wife experienced before they were finally inducted into UF Health Shands Hospital after she went into labor.
Black history? Our history
(02/12/24 2:00pm)
Florida education reform initiatives limit African American studies, DEI funds
(02/12/24 2:00pm)
An email arrived in Kenneth Nunn’s inbox early February. Confusion creased his brow as he scanned the first line, discovering the great distance it had traveled to reach him, a newly retired UF professor of law.
‘I did find it hard to identify with one race’: UF Afro-Latino students share experiences with race in the US
(02/12/24 2:00pm)
Many countries in Latin America have intersecting heritages. For Latin American immigrants who come to the United States, however, their mixes of white, Black and indigenous heritage often conflict in the context of the U.S.' racial dynamics.
Statewide book festival aims to improve childhood literacy rates in Alachua County
(01/29/24 2:00pm)
On Jan. 27, the ground floor of the Hilton Conference Center filled with lines of eager readers waiting to meet and greet more than 200 authors from across Florida promoting their most prized literary pieces.
Asian American gymnasts find sense of belonging through each other
(01/18/24 11:40pm)
When Florida Gators gymnast Morgan Hurd steps onto the floor for a gymnastics meet, she can’t help but think one thing.
