Whenever Catherine Sarosi heard a fire alarm at school, she’d grab her things, roll her eyes and trek to her assigned location while her classmates groaned at the inconvenience.
Gainesville Publix locations will face a rival to their signature sub when three planned Wawa stores bring their hoagies to Gainesville.
For 17 minutes, about 100 Eastside High School students, arms linked, stood silent in their school courtyard Wednesday morning. Catherine Sarosi, 18, had never heard her classmates so quiet.
Rita Philips was checking her email Friday night, when she found a message in her inbox that made her cry.
Laura Botero is already planning to take her girlfriend to Gainesville’s Miami Grill when it opens in April.
Tynesha Owens-Vurse said the staff at the PACE Center for Girls, Alachua, used to call her a butterfly.
A bus carrying at least 15 passengers ended up in a ditch Wednesday morning at the 300 block of Northeast 39th Avenue, Gainesville Police said.
Gigi Simmons didn’t just want to be a single mother without an education. She wasn’t going to be a statistic.
Charles Goston doesn’t care if you remember his name in ten years — so long as the effect he had in Gainesville is everlasting.
Tyra Edwards earned her nickname “Ty Loudd” for being a prominent voice of District 1. Now she wants to take that voice to the City Commission.
Commissioner at large and Mayor Pro Tempore Harvey Budd is running for re-election because he feels incomplete.
Politics wasn’t on Gail Johnson’s radar until the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
A Gainesville man faced a more than $1.7 million bond after an incident that police said began with him honking at officers.
UPDATE: Florida Highway Patrol officials announced Monday night that 65-year-old Vandall A. Griffin was the man who died after he was struck by two cars Saturday night. Griffin was from Citra, which is about 30 minutes away from Gainesville.
Update 11 a.m. Monday:
A Gainesville man with burned, peeling skin told witnesses there was no fire Thursday night, officials said.
Laura Uribe won’t forget her high school sister’s text about the rumor of a school shooter in May.
Da’Kinyah Smith wore her Dr. Seuss inspired paper top hat as she intently listened to classmate Brianna Smith read the book “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.”
A UF student was sexually battered early Thursday getting into a vehicle she thought was an Uber in Midtown, according to a UF public safety alert.
A Gainesville resident filed a lawsuit against Rep. Chuck Clemons, R-Newberry, on Monday for blocking him on Twitter.
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