Florida man flees crash barefoot, arrested with meth
By Kyle Follansbee | May 14, 2014Gainesville Police arrested a man carrying 14.37 grams of meth Wednesday after he fled a three-car crash scene at The Polos apartment complex, officials said.
Gainesville Police arrested a man carrying 14.37 grams of meth Wednesday after he fled a three-car crash scene at The Polos apartment complex, officials said.
Seventeen UF graduate assistants entered the conference room together, sat down and pulled out their proposals. They were determined to drive a hard bargain.
Tap the app, click the car, pick the driver and rate him or her after. Customers can ride in an UberX vehicle in more than 50 major U.S. cities, but Gainesville is not among them.
The first Student Senate meeting of the summer was short and to the point.
Massive open online courses are growing in popularity with students in the U.S. and around the world, but with this growth comes restrictions, namely for international students.
Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man Monday after he walked into his estranged wife’s Alachua house and tried to shoot her boyfriend, deputies said.
Gainesville web design startup Parisleaf announced Tuesday it will be pulling up some roots at its University Avenue location and replanting them in Gainesville’s Innovation Square over summer.
As many students headed home for summer break or locked themselves in Library West to study for finals, two Gainesville residents dashed to open a restaurant close to campus.
Three UF engineering students took home $25,000 from the Gator Business Plan Competition on May 2 for their invention of aqUV, a bottle that purifies water using hand-powered ultraviolet light.
By day, Gainesville resident Dianne Farb is a practicing attorney, but by night, she trades her legal name in for her pen name, Rebecca Heflin, and writes romance novels.
The Spider-Man franchise did right by its fans when they chose Andrew Garfield for the series reboot, “The Amazing Spider-Man 2,” which premiered May 2 in the U.S. and earned about $92 million in its opening weekend. Though our superheroes have been and will be portrayed by many actors, we should appreciate when one performance so completely captures what we love about a familiar character.
ORLANDO — It’s not easy to stand in front of a fanbase that just witnessed a 4-8 season and tell them everything is going to get better.
The last time Florida faced Vanderbilt, the Commodores had won 14 of its previous 15 matches and had a comfortable lead atop the Southeastern Conference standings.
The Gators enter the Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships in Lexington, Ky., today with the men’s and women’s teams both ranked No. 1 in the nation and each with a chance to become outdoor champions for the first time since 2010 and 2009, respectively.
After falling in the first round of the NCAA tournament last season to Denver, Florida has entered this year’s postseason with a reformed attitude and a strong will to win the national title.
Bright stage lights suddenly dimmed as thousands of people yelled and screamed in anticipation. A cube lit up, which revealed a kitchen table and gray smoke. Suddenly two silhouettes appeared and burst to life as everyone sprung from their seats and cheered in utter glee. The energetic notes of “Bombs Over Baghdad” played over the speakers — Outkast had finally returned to Florida.
Swedish singer-songwriter Lykke Li may have just released one of the best albums of 2014 thus far.
Guests at this year’s Metropolitan Museum of Art Gala, held last week, paid homage to Anglo-American couturier Charles James with a host of trendy looks.
Summer A is upon us once again, and it’s a welcome relief. Campus is quiet — at least, until hordes of freshly minted UF first-years arrive for Preview — and we’re free to enjoy the last weeks of less-hellish weather before the brutal north Florida summer humidity sets in.