In the first of eight public forums before the March 20 election, City Commission candidates, except for District 1 incumbent Charles Goston, said they felt the commission should maintain control of Gainesville Regional Utilities.
Gainesville visitors will have a new hotel to choose from starting this month.
A Gainesville man was convicted Monday for killing a retired UF professor and lighting his house on fire in 2015.
A popular convenience store may be coming to Gainesville to fill your tank – and your stomach.
A judge struck down Florida’s process of granting and denying voting rights to former felons while making a reference to his alma mater.
An Alachua man was arrested for a five-person shooting in the city about three weeks ago, Alachua Police said.
For the past decade, Angelica Torres and Rudy Volenec have made the five-hour drive from Miami to Gainesville to travel back in time.
Sitting in a circle, 2-year-old Evan Bickford patiently waited to pet Lt. Dan, a red rat snake.
Jackson Fugate helped engineer a toy Jeep to start by pressing a steering wheel button instead of a pedal for children who are bound to wheelchairs to ride.
Three black women will challenge two incumbents in the City of Gainesville regular election in March. Five candidates have qualified for the March 20 election, and for the first time in about two decades, all of the challengers are black women, according to city records.
A Gainesville man was arrested for trying to kill his wife early Saturday, Alachua County Sheriff's Office said.
A woman facing an unknown medical emergency drove a van over several mailboxes before crashing into a bank Friday morning, Gainesville Police said.
A $2 million complex is being built in East Gainesville as part of an initiative to redevelop the area.
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.
Alachua County Public School students will be able to receive free flu shots for the second time this school year starting Wednesday.
Congressman Ted Yoho, who represents Alachua County, was among several Republican Congress members aboard an Amtrak train that crashed Wednesday morning in Virginia, resulting in at least one death and no reported injuries, according to CNN.
Receiving a costly utility bill means tough choices for Sarah Dean.
A motorcycle and a sedan crashed on Southwest 13th Street Tuesday night, and the motorcyclist died at the hospital from injuries.
An Alachua teenager was charged with murder after two shootings within a two-day span left one dead and five injured, including two children and a UF student’s nephew.
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