Man arrested for having marijuana, alligator hide
By Chris Alcantara | Nov. 6, 2012A Gainesville man was arrested Monday afternoon after police found an alligator hide and a marijuana plant on his property.
A Gainesville man was arrested Monday afternoon after police found an alligator hide and a marijuana plant on his property.
Two more men connected with an August robbery at a southwest Gainesville apartment complex were arrested Tuesday.
Almost a year after a series of Occupy Gainesville arrests landed dozens of protesters in jail, occupiers got a chance to challenge the charges.
Hundreds of thousands of donations will soon be on sale at the biannual Friends of the Library Book Sale. This week, volunteers will make the final touches to the stands that students and families will scour for stories this weekend.
This weekend, Gainesville residents will have a rare chance to get up close and personal with some furry, flying creatures.
For Ryan Mychal-Brooks Burney, a nearly $12,000 purchase with stolen credit card information he bought for $500 seemed like a steal.
Gainesville doesn’t seem like the place for someone who went to the University of Georgia, Clemson and the University of Tennessee.
John Martin doesn’t mind dancing to his own beat — especially at Gator basketball games.
Though Mushi, a 3-year-old Chow Chow mix, is calm now, her owner, Dan Kahn, said she’s been fighting for her life.
The Alachua County Fair, which opened Friday and runs until Oct. 27 at the Alachua County Fairgrounds, offers rides, games, food, live bands, vendors and animal shows.
If you head east on Northeast 39th Street just beyond the Lamplighter Mobile Home Park, you’ll find a group of folks that live in a state of industry.
A proposed plan to build a nuclear power plant near Levy County has a small group of Alachua County residents in an uproar over the potential environmental and safety hazards, despite assurances by company officials that the plant will be closely regulated.
About 3,500 people strolled throughout the gardens at the 25th annual Kanapaha Botanical Gardens Fall Festival.
Pedro A. Bravo will face capital and first-degree felony charges for his alleged connection to the Christian Aguilar case.
The Alachua County Commission put a referendum on the ballot about whether to add a sales tax that would raise $550 million to repave roads.
Elementary school is a place where lessons and values are formed as children learn to share and express themselves. However, it is also a place where receiving an education is top priority.
With Internet cafes causing controversy across the state, a Gainesville resident has voiced her concern about the stores to the city commission.
Sales at pizza restaurants nationwide will reach $36.1 billion at the end of 2012, which is up 3.8 percent from 2011, according to a study released on Sept. 17 by Packaged Facts, a market research company for consumer goods.
The West Nile virus was found in two chickens, the city announced Thursday night. While no human cases have been reported, the Alachua County Health Department encourages people to wear bug spray and to drain standing water.
West Nile has migrated to Alachua County.