The City of Gainesville joined 10 other Florida cities in a lawsuit challenging portions of the state statute restricting local regulation of guns.
The store is scheduled to close by mid-July following a trend of declining profits for traditional department stores as customers migrate to online shopping.
When Gainesville Police Officer Josh Meurer’s partner arrived to the city from Germany in February, they didn’t bond right away. But after a month of training and playing fetch together, Meurer and Ranger are inseparable.
Forest High School students were supposed to walk out in calm protest.
Shortly after midnight Friday, red, blue and white flashing lights lit the 30-mile path from Trenton to Gainesville’s medical examiner’s office.
Twenty-five people armed with backpacks, cargo pants and hats took off on a six-mile hike on a 70-degree cloudy Saturday afternoon to persuade Florida legislators to preserve the state’s wildlife.
One viral Facebook post has led a Gainesville Police “hot cop” to be at the 61st Grammy Awards show in Los Angeles in early 2019 to interview celebrities on the red carpet.
Three days after two Gilchrist County Sheriff’s Office deputies were slain, a Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy was shot at early Sunday morning, MCSO said.
Hours after a single gunshot rang out at Forest High School about 40 miles away, about 200 students walked out of Eastside High School on Friday morning as part of a National School Walkout.
Update 9:30 a.m. Monday: Gainesville Police identified the man killed and said his killer knew him.
One person is injured and a suspect is in custody after a reported shooting at Forest High School in Marion County, authorities reported.
The City Commission approved a contract Thursday to equip more than 100 Gainesville Police Department officers with body-worn cameras.
The threat of salmonella has caused several supermarkets to pull eggs from their shelves, but Publix Super Markets in Gainesville didn’t have to pull any because they were already expired.
Alachua County may have to look to neighboring counties to house foster children.
Update 1:10 a.m. Friday: A couple hundred patrol vehicles from different agencies drove from Trenton to Gainesville to escort the deputies to the medical examiner's office on Southwest Third Avenue. When authorities arrived at about 1 a.m. Friday, they closed off parts of West University Avenue.
A 2016 graduate of Eastside High School and seven others between the ages 10 and 20 are suing the state of Florida for promoting the use of fossil fuels that lead to climate change.
Alachua County commissioners have taken a step forward in deciding the future of Camp McConnell: They’ve set rules for how the land can be used.
Editor's note: Charges against Bradshaw Steele have been dismissed.
Five cars crashed Monday afternoon on Interstate 75 after a Duke Energy contractor caused utility wires to fall on the highway, Florida Highway Patrol said.
Florida voters will decide whether the rights of victims will become part of the state’s constitution in November’s General Election.
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