Kistler’s solo home run and Rothrock’s performance pushed the No. 4-seeded Florida Gators (52-13) to shut out the No. 5-seeded Oklahoma State Cowgirls (49-11) 1-0 in the WCWS opener at Devon Park.
The Terrace Health and Rehabilitation Center, in partnership with Dialyze Direct, hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new dialysis suite Wednesday.
The Gainesville City Commission held a special meeting Tuesday to present updates on the fiscal 2025 city budget. The city manager’s office discussed funding for the fire, police, parks, recreation and cultural affairs and public works departments.
How Bazar has officially reintroduced its summertime skillshare sessions, starting every Monday for the next four months at 60 SW Second St. From DJing to birdhouse-building, to furniture repurposing and car maintenance repair, there’s a little something for anyone looking to expand their repertoire or spend a nice evening downtown.
The UF Police Department and Gainesville Police Department arrested two men Sunday night in response to reports of gunshots at the intersection of Hull Road and SW 34th Street.
On Tuesday at 4:04 p.m., four Alachua County Fire Rescue units and one Gainesville Police Department unit were sent out to extract a driver from his vehicle after he lost control.
In its Tuesday meeting, the Alachua County Commission unanimously approved a purchase contract of the West End Golf course by Viking Companies.
Texas, the host of the 2023-24 NCAA championships, decided to hold the event at a course no team in the country had seen this season: the Omni La Costa Resort north course. It presented a challenge to all golfers. The course was unfamiliar and contained grasses that Florida hadn’t seen much of in collegiate competition. Florida advanced to the fourth and final round of stroke play but failed to place in the top eight to secure a spot in the match play finals
The Florida Gators baseball team had lofty expectations this season despite its inconsistent performance on the field. However, UF still managed to earn a No. 3-seed in the 2024 NCAA Regionals.
Two opposing meetings, one by the city commission and the other by the Gainesville Regional Utilities authority, discussed the future of GRU May 23.
When 80-year-old Richard Thomas got a call from his grandson from jail asking for $5,000, he told his son, Ernest Thomas. Thomas immediately began the drive to Gainesville from his home in Miami to grab his son. There was only one problem: the grandson, 21-year-old UF student Nathan Thomas, wasn’t in jail. He was studying in his room and never called his grandfather.
Chef Empowerment’s Underground Kitchen Cooking Class works with ages 12 to 18 to combine skills such as sauteing, chopping, dicing and meat preparation. This year, each community class is hosted at Gainesville Housing Authority (GHA) properties including Horizon Sunset, Eastwood Meadows, Lake Terrace and Woodland Park.
For formerly incarcerated people, transitioning back to civilian life can be difficult, whether it’s finding a job that will take them or finding housing. Released Reentry hopes to close that gap.
Robin Lalande ha alimentado a los estudiantes en los comedores de la UF durante años, pero ahora lucha por alimentarse a sí misma. Ella y varios empleados de Chartwells Higher Education, el proveedor de alimentos de la UF, dependen de beneficios por desempleo y cupones de alimentos después de despidos masivos inesperados a principios de este mes.
La cafetería Curia On The Drag se llenó de risas y charlas el jueves por la noche mientras los niños corrían por su espacio de galería mostrando sus creaciones. Collages, autorretratos, cuadernos de bocetos y pequeñas revistas, todas hechas a mano por artistas de entre 8 y 14 años, marcaron la culminación de su programa extracurricular con La Selva Art Studios.
El verano en Gainesville trae consigo muchas complicaciones para restaurantes locales, desde el caluroso clima hasta la disminución de la población estudiantil. Sin embargo, algunos restaurantes latinos en Gainesville como La Maracucha, El Porteñito y Peruvian Food Blessing parecen ser inmunes a estos cambios, ganando a su clientela que los mantiene en negocio sin importar los cambios estacionales.
Summer in Gainesville comes with various complications for local restaurants, from the hot weather to the decrease in student population. However, some Latin restaurants in Gainesville like La Maracucha, El Porteñito and Peruvian Food Blessing seem immune to these changes, gaining clients that keep them in business no matter the season.
Robin Lalande has fed students in UF’s dining halls for years, but now she’s struggling to feed herself. She and several other employees of Chartwells Higher Education, UF’s campus food provider, are relying on unemployment benefits and food stamps after sudden mass layoffs earlier this month.
From the Chinese lion dancers roaming about the Reitz Union to the heads of research labs, the Asian Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Desi (ANHPID) community is lively and active at UF.
The Lavender LLC and the Black Cultural LLC, located in Graham Hall, disappeared from the UF housing website May 7. Clayton and other students said they think the removal of both LLCs could be related to legislation banning funding of diversity, equity and inclusion programs at state universities, which has left the future of diversity-related initiatives like LLCs and the Center for Multicultural Engagement unclear.
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