City of Gainesville and Alachua County commissioners are in disagreement over a bill in the Florida House of Representatives.
Local officials are considering several ways to raise money for Alachua County Public Schools facilities.
They were doubted, humiliated and victimized with the question, “what were you wearing?” Now, sexual assault survivors are responding.
Since September, Michell Hernandez has been counting down the days.
Nearly three years after being established at UF, Gamma Phi Beta will have its $10.5 million house completed in August.
Ah, flu season. The undesirable yet familiar scents of hand sanitizer and DayQuil fill the air. Sniffling noses and phlegm-filled coughs can be heard all throughout campus.
Manatees are as much a part of Florida’s identity as oranges and Mickey Mouse. Picture, for a moment, a manatee floating effortlessly beneath the water’s surface, looking for a patch of vegetation to munch on before it innocently moves through a precious Floridian body of water. Pretty majestic, right?
With award season closing in on us, it’s that time of the year when we look back on all of the entertainment that graced our screens in 2017. Nothing very obvious changed this year in cinema; the box office was still dominated by "Star Wars" and whatever new superhero releases there were, and the Oscar nominations for Best Picture still consisted of films which the majority of people didn’t see.
In a year where protest and defiance were highlighted in Hollywood, the Grammys, as always, have played it safe. Although the Time’s Up movement has focused more on actresses and directors, sexual harassment and assault has touched the music industry, too. This year, artists have released numerous songs about politics and activism, but this risk-taking was not recognized.
This Spring, a group of 19 UF seniors will be traveling about three hours south to take their midterm and final exams.
When UF associate professor Paul Ortiz told Haitian students their country was the first in the Caribbean to gain independence, they were “flabbergasted.”
Music acts A$AP Ferg, Snakehips and Saint Motel will perform at UF on Feb. 25.
When Shir Ibgui and Jamie Wilkinson met, the first thing Ibgui asked for wasn’t Wilkinson’s name or major, it was her shoe size.
Hoo, boy.
At its best, the Florida men’s basketball team’s offense is an explosive, high-scoring machine capable of hitting shots from anywhere on the court.
It’s just over a week until the start of the Florida softball team’s season, but if you walk up to the pool at the O’Connell Center, you just might find UF pitcher Kelly Barnhill doing laps.
Alachua County Public School students will be able to receive free flu shots for the second time this school year starting Wednesday.
Soha Samla doesn’t typically wear her Islamic hijab, but she wrapped a tan one around herself Wednesday to feel closer to God for the day.
Former Gators quarterback Tim Tebow appeared on HGTV’s “Fixer Upper” to help a family make their home wheelchair-friendly.
At age 12, Jerome Elam took a bottle of sleeping pills and vodka, laid down in his mother’s rose garden and waited to die. A victim of human trafficking, Elam felt worthless and hopeless.
Solutions by The State News
