Lincoln High alumnus talks desegregation, school’s closing
When Albert White attended Lincoln High School, east Gainesville’s school for black students during segregation, he never paid for a single school lunch.
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When Albert White attended Lincoln High School, east Gainesville’s school for black students during segregation, he never paid for a single school lunch.
For seven weeks in a hospital room, unsure of if he’d get a new heart, Lowell Thomas passed the time by memorizing every lyric to “Get’cha Head in the Game” from “High School Musical.”
Between Big Mill’s Cheesesteaks’ four walls, life is simple: the signature cheesesteak sandwiches are $8.25, Italian or Polish sausages are $6.75 and each chair is dedicated to a Major League Baseball team.
Akash Barve’s only image of Thanksgiving was from scenes of the holiday dinner in “Fast & Furious 6” and the TV sitcom “Friends,” which he’d watch back home in Mumbai, India.
Amid multiple cases of reported fraud among UF administrators, another former employee has been reported to have misused university funds for personal use.
James Edwards never imagined going viral.
Nearly three decades after a 78-year-old Gainesville woman went missing, police have identified her remains.
After an internal audit revealed two former UF Housing and Residence Education officials allegedly withdrew more than $470,000 in university funds for personal use, UF is considering how to best prevent future fraud.
Latrell placed a book about jungle animals on his head and abandoned his shoes as he showcased his Michael Jackson dance moves in the Sidney Lanier Elementary cafeteria. The 10-year-old was living his dream of being a king.
For more than two years, U.S. Navy veteran Gabriel George wasn’t in control.
As 4-year-old Ella giggled and jumped to the “Cupid Shuffle,“ which blasted throughout Santa Fe College’s main parking lot Thursday night, 39-year-old Jerry Farris couldn’t help but shake his hips to the beat, too.
Two more arrests have been made in the UF Housing and Resident Education scandal now totaling more than $470,000 in alleged credit card fraud.
A Gainesville woman accused of sex trafficking a 16-year-old girl turned herself in Thursday morning.
Kyle Phipps remembers exactly where he was on Nov. 8, 2016 — election day.
With a buyout worth three-quarters of a billion dollars, the City of Gainesville evaded one of its most expensive and hotly contested contracts in recent history.
Underneath The Standard at Gainesville, Albert and Alberta welcomed Target’s mascot, Bullseye, with open arms.
The City of Gainesville is now facing a lawsuit over its ban on weapons, including tasers, knives and mace, during white supremacist Richard Spencer’s appearance at UF.
Jaclyn Hood was 13 years old when she first met Thomas Birt.
U.S. Navy veteran Robert Gillespie, with his 9-year-old son Garret on his back, prepared to ride alongside an army of fellow bikers Sunday morning and couldn’t shake the feeling of home.
Rick Burns told mourners not to grieve for his late son.