Taste Pho hosts third annual eating contest
By David Hoffman | Aug. 31, 2017With broth dripping from his chin and about 8 pounds of pho in his stomach, Michael Jenkins left Gainesville on Thursday as a champion, again.
With broth dripping from his chin and about 8 pounds of pho in his stomach, Michael Jenkins left Gainesville on Thursday as a champion, again.
After realizing he needed business casual attire to qualify as a Student Senate candidate, Trevison Clark ran home to grab his blue checkered shirt and suit.
In an interview with Playboy, singer-songwriter Halsey recently opened up about the struggles of identifying with her black culture while being white-passing. Depending on what form of social media I saw this article, I either saw people supporting her — often those of multiple ethnicities who felt a struggle to connect with their cultures — or people telling her to grow up and just get used to the fact that she’s “white.”
Gainesville residents and public leaders discussed pushing Santa Fe College to pay all employees a living wage in a Thursday meeting.
When William Bryson pictures the new Florida Theater, he sees actors and bands onstage.
When Seyi Falade left New York City last year to help her father run the family business in Gainesville, she was returning to a place she considered welcoming.
A Twitter search of the hashtag “goals” revealed to me a serious cultural problem. It led me to this tweet: “Today at Chipotle a girl asked her boyfriend if she could get chips with their meal and he replied, ‘It's your world babe I'm just living in it.’” It was followed by a few blank lines so that readers could soak it in before the Twitter user wrote, “Ok need.” It got 85,000 retweets.
A Gainesville man riding a motorized tricycle died in an accident on Wednesday, Gainesville Police said.
Florida football coach Jim McElwain made an announcement Wednesday that the entire Gators fan base has been patiently waiting for.
Throughout the 2016-17 Florida men’s basketball regular season, freshman center Gorjok Gak averaged just 5.3 minutes per contest. He saw more than five minutes of action just twice in the regular season, relegated to the bench as he developed strength and coordination.
After an opening weekend that featured a pair of top-5 upsets at the hands of the Florida volleyball team, the No. 3 Gators insist that they’re still hungry for more.
With a hot glue gun in one hand and black fabric in another, Kassandra Bringuier brought to life the face of a cosplay creature she had created Wednesday.
From more than 260 miles away, about 25 Gainesville residents watched and listened Wednesday as four Palm Beach panelists spoke about opioids in Florida.
Billy Dean is coming to Gainesville to make Katie Slay’s final wish come true.
Despite 11 parties registering for Student Government Fall elections, only two will move forward with candidate selection.
Two policy groups will engage with educators in a national Twitter chat using the hashtag #PowerOfStory.
The body of a man recently found in Newnans Lake was identified by Alachua County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday.
Although Hogtown Creek Headwaters Nature Park was closed Monday, it will reopen by the end of fall with new equipment.
An education course for UF dental students is preparing them to handle patients in wheelchairs.
Start-up companies in Gainesville will soon have a new space to develop in.