UPD uses Taser on teen after chase through Sorority Row
UF police chased and used a Taser on a Gainesville teenager Friday afternoon after he fled from police when they found marijuana and drug paraphernalia in his car.
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UF police chased and used a Taser on a Gainesville teenager Friday afternoon after he fled from police when they found marijuana and drug paraphernalia in his car.
A chemical spill in the UF Chemistry Lab Building next to Leigh Hall resulted in a building evacuation and road closure Thursday morning.
A fire started by lightning burned about 40 acres of the Fairbanks area north of Waldo Road Sunday evening.
After two run-ins with Gainesville law enforcement over Memorial Day weekend, former UF basketball player Joakim Noah entered a contract Tuesday evening that will allow his criminal charges to eventually be dropped.
A former Shands at UF nurse convicted of killing a UF student in November 2005 is waiting to be assigned to a Florida prison.
Former UF basketball player Joakim Noah was arrested early Sunday morning and charged with cannabis possession and an open container violation.
A sketch of the man who attacked and raped a woman jogging in Haile Plantation Wednesday was released this weekend.
A woman was attacked and raped Wednesday morning while jogging in Haile Plantation, according to local deputies.
A murder trial began this week for a former Shands at UF nurse charged with killing a woman in November 2005 by injecting her with a powerful anesthetic.
The Gainesville Police Department broke up a group of fighting juveniles Saturday near Waldo Road.
Officer John Bostick of the Gainesville Police Department resigned last week and is a part of an ongoing internal investigation, according to Officer Summer Hallett, GPD spokeswoman. Hallett said she could not comment on the nature of the investigation at this time.
The results are in.
The Black Hawk's blades remained motionless, and its sturdy, army-green exterior didn't rumble with life. It hadn't been called to duty.
Developers and real estate agents of the stalled University Corners development are refunding deposit checks to about 105 people who reserved units.The project, which is planned for the northwest corner of 13th Street and West University Avenue, has remained an empty lot since April 2007.University Corners had been depending on money from a Gainesville tax-incentive program. However, a September 2007 Florida Supreme Court case decided Florida cities are not allowed to reimburse property tax money over more than a year without a voter referendum. "We were in the last phases of finalizing the $37 million in CRA funds pledged by the city when the Court ruling halted negotiations," read the refund letter from University Development of Gainesville. The decision to redesign the development will not be made until the Florida Supreme Court rules on an appeal, said Henry Rabell, a broker associate for Bosshardt Realty. The eight-story development would include more than 400 luxury condos and condo-hotels, as well as about 70,000 square feet of retail space.
Even as nine judges moseyed around with evaluation sheets, SFCC students, some clad in business attire, appeared comfortable standing next to their research posters on campus Monday evening.
Whether it's managing hospital ventilators or giving breathing therapy, respiratory care practitioners are in high demand locally.
As National Eating Disorders Awareness Week comes to an end, UF's GatorWell Health Promotion Services continues to tell students about treatment available to them at the Student Health Care Center.
An SFCC student accused of pointing a gun at another student made a first appearance in court Wednesday while SFCC administration spent the day evaluating its crisis management.
Holding a person's chest open, passing instruments to the surgeon and assisting in robotic procedures are all a part of a surgical technologist's forte.
Focus the Nation, a national organization that emphasizes global warming education, held a "Science of Climate Change" panel Thursday afternoon in UF's Ustler Hall Atrium to discuss possible solutions to the climate crisis.