Nine years ago, a 10-year plan to end homelessness began in Gainesville. It only takes a walk past Bo Diddley Community Plaza downtown to see how well that went.
A campus museum’s first writing competition, “Words on Canvas,” invites UF’s wordsmiths to show off their art-influenced prose and poetry.
A chance encounter for Braden Mattson put the Texas-bred catcher on a one-way ticket to Gainesville. He played his freshman season at Texas Christian, where Chuck Jeroloman, the brother of former Gators catcher Brian Jeroloman, served as a volunteer assistant in 2011.
Even though Florida’s most anticipated game of the year is in its rear-view mirror, it cannot afford to skip any steps in preparation for Auburn (12-11, 4-8 Southeastern Conference) tonight at 7 in the O’Connell Center.
For an in-state rivalry that always draws a large crowd, Gators-Seminoles matches are rarely close.
After two successful years at the plate and in the pitcher’s circle, Lauren Haeger knows what is expected of her.
The Florida State University student who went missing two weeks ago was found dead Tuesday morning by Tallahassee Police.
About two hours south of Gainesville, there was Trayvon Martin. About an hour north and 10 months later, there was Jordan Davis.
The first day of voting in Student Government elections saw a lower turnout than the Spring 2013 semester.
Gainesville Police arrested a UF Ph.D. student Tuesday morning after officers reported he accessed child pornography on his laptop.
Last year was record-setting for Florida tourism, and some ripples have reached the Swamp.
At about 2 and a half minutes, Tuesday’s hearing in the Pedro Bravo case might have been its shortest yet.
The buzz about the decreasing honeybee population has motivated some Floridians to invest in a new hobby.
A Lake Butler man died and three people were injured early Tuesday after a semitruck crashed into a pickup on Interstate 75.
Although some UF students get fired up over Student Government elections, the overwhelming majority just don’t. During last year’s elections, voter turnout accounted for just 20 percent of the UF Student Body.
To honor military veterans who made sacrifices for the U.S., UF is turning the tables and making a few sacrifices for them.
Last week, I wrote about how the reaction of prominent Republicans to Coca-Cola’s “America the Beautiful” commercial reflects conservative intolerance toward nonwhite and non-English speaking Americans.
To say that Democrats will have a difficult election cycle this year would be an understatement. Forget the fact that the majority of senators up for reelection are Democrats who represent red states and that House seats are pretty secure. Forget the fact that the president is losing favorability each month while the economy struggles to grow.
Last week, I spent my Wednesday night watching “Breaking Bad” episodes on Netflix.
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