In Chinese, 88 means “double happiness.” This album makes you feel anything but.
Let’s “taco-bout” the new weekly event at High Dive. Costumes are encouraged. Speciality cocktails will be served. Cult movies and craft tacos: the best new way to spend a Wednesday night.
The upset of former UF swimmer and favorite Caeleb Dressel in the 100-meter freestyle headlined Wednesday’s action at the 2018 Phillips 66 USA Swimming National Championships.
Kevin Love has LeBron James to thank for the three most impactful moments in his career. First, James returned to Cleveland in 2014, offering the All-Star forward an escape route from a woefully uncompetitive Minnesota Timberwolves team. Second, James spearheaded a historic NBA Finals comeback against the vaunted Golden State Warriors, delivering a 2016 championship ring Love’s way.
When fall camp starts on Aug. 3, many of the players on the UF football team will begin duking it out to see who will be in the starting lineup this fall.
Today, we focus on individual effort.
Adler Garfield said he remembers watching the news after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012. The 19-year-old hoped it would never happen to his community, but it did Feb. 14.
Six UF football players face student conduct violations for an on-campus conflict near the Keys Residential Complex that occurred May 28.
Back in 2014, Gainesville City Attorney Nicolle Shalley wanted to know if the Reitz Union was considered a government-owned community center or a convention center for the purposes of early voting.
The Alachua County Supervisor of Elections is receiving an increase in voter registrations as the Monday deadline to register to vote in the 2018 primary election approaches.
A man was arrested Tuesday by Gainesville Police after telling his passenger to hide 230 grams of cocaine in her underwear.
Four 14-year-olds were arrested after their alleged car burglary spree in northeast Gainesville, Gainesville Police said in a Facebook post.
Citizens of Gainesville came together last Thursday to bring awareness to the high price and lack of accessibility of the morning after pill, or MAP, on campus.
Justin Watkins, an incoming freshman and 2018 four-star recruit of the UF football team, has been suspended from all activities after being arrested by University Police on Tuesday for domestic battery and false imprisonment.
Hemp became legal to grow in the state of Florida last year, and UF researchers are now set to launch a pilot program to help the state develop the industry.
For Madison Skipper, getting hit with a tuition late fee is the difference between cooking at home and going to the food pantry.
It’s a recurring nightmare.
Everyone is a different person with different needs. Diversity and inclusion are important. In journalism, there are so many stories to tell. But often, some voices go unheard.
Last week, a 5-year-old watched his father die in a gas station parking lot. The shooter, Michael Drejka, will likely face no charges because of Florida’s incredibly lax stand your ground law. The victim, Markeis McGlockton pushed Drejka to the floor after he came back from the inside of the gas station to find Drejka arguing with his girlfriend. Little did McGlockton know that making the mistake of pushing too hard as defense of his family would lead to his death. Drejka shot from the floor at McGlockton who as evidenced in a security video was not lunging at him after the first push.
The drone of rain on the car roof is almost deafening. It comes through to the inside like loud TV static. If you peer out the window at the mute downtown scene, between the droplets, you can see that white water pours off storefront awnings like an avalanche. On the flooded sidewalk, huddled in a shallow doorway, a faceless man’s fingers hold a cardboard shield in defense against the damp. The problem of homelessness is never so striking as it is in a rainstorm. An increased supply of short-term shelter is a more immediate solution to this problem which statistics fail to capture.
Solutions by The State News
