After 25 years, one of Gainesville's Winn-Dixie locations is being converted to an Aldi as part of its plan to acquire 800 new stores by 2028.
In our modest four-room office, there is a smooth wooden table where Gainesville Sun publishers from the golden days once sat. It is long and official-looking. It seats eight, but normally there’s 12 chairs tucked in close, shoulder to shoulder, familiar with sweaters and sports bras and T-shirts leaned against their backs rather than suit jackets.
Con este cambio en sus vidas y lejos de sus familias, estos estudiantes llegaron a un lugar dónde el español no es la lengua principal y el ambiente es muy distinto. Sin embargo, todavía crean oportunidades para celebrar y participar en las culturas de sus países a través de compartiendo en la cultura de UF y de Gainesville.
Far from their families, they arrived in a place where Spanish is not the primary language, and the social atmosphere is different. However, they’ve still created opportunities to celebrate and participate in their countries’ cultures through experiences with UF and Gainesville.
Florida women’s basketball snapped a four-game losing streak on Monday night with a fiery performance across the board to secure a sizable 27-point win over Hofstra.
The Independent Florida Alligator is looking for its next team of reporters, editors, photographers and more for the Summer 2025 semester. Editor application are due April 27 at 11:59 p.m. and reporter applications are due April 29 at 11:59 p.m.
Following his daughter's birth, Walter Clayton Jr. made extensive efforts to spend as much time as possible with his family as he could while emerging as a standout for Florida basketball.
A November referendum's passing converted the Alachua County Commission back to an at-large structure.
The UF triathlon team took home first, second and third place in the men’s division and first, second and fourth in the women’s division of the Miami Man Meet.
Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a type of depression that reoccurs in a pattern about four months out of the year — often during the winter. SAD doesn’t occur often among Floridians, with people from Alaska or New England more likely to develop the disorder. But many Floridians still suffer from a less extreme version: the “winter blues” or “holiday blues.”
The Florida Gators football program has made all kinds of noise on the recruiting trail as of late. UF has flipped six recruits in the last week alone and currently has the No. 15 recruiting class in the country for 2025.
They will head to Lawrence, Kansas, where they will start the NCAA Tournament against NC State (16-12, 11-9 ACC). That first round matchup is set for Friday, Dec. 6th, at 5 p.m.
Jaela Auguste’s impressive freshman volleyball season at UF has been capped off with an SEC Freshman of the Year award, as well as nods for the All-SEC Second and SEC-All Freshman Teams.
The trajectory of the Florida football team has reached its highest level in the Billy Napier era. The Gators are fresh off a rivalry win against Florida State, marking the first time UF has defeated three straight FBS teams in Napier’s tenure.
The Florida Gators (6-5, 4-4 SEC) look to keep building on their momentum as they take on intense rival Florida State Seminoles (2-9, 1-7 ACC), who have won the last two meetings between the teams.
In its final regular season match of the regular season, Florida volleyball fell short in a four-set defeat against Georgia.
Head coach Todd Golden has preached throughout Florida’s young season that the Gators need to construct a full 40-minute performance from start to finish. Despite its undefeated record, there have been spurts in the early minutes and back end of games where UF has seemingly taken its foot off the gas.
The Gators concluded their St. Pete Showcase slate with a 77-72 loss to James Madison on Friday afternoon. The defeat brought UF’s recent losing skid to four consecutive games, marking a stark contrast from the Gators’ start to the season.
Despite its lowest scoring game this season, No. 18 Florida (7-0) held Wake Forest (6-2) to under 60 points in a 75-58 opening-round victory at the ESPN Events Invitational in Kissimmee, Florida.
Florida women’s basketball opened its weekend in the St. Pete Showcase with a narrow loss to the Tulane Green Wave.
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