Voter registration deadline nears for local election
By Jake Best | Feb. 8, 2017Gainesville residents have until Monday to register to vote. For the fi rst time since the presidential election, Gainesville
Gainesville residents have until Monday to register to vote. For the fi rst time since the presidential election, Gainesville
Megan MacDonald knew she wanted to be a pastry chef when, in third grade, her mom gave her an ice-cream maker for Christmas.
If you’re looking for a valentine this year, Gainesville is a good place to start.
In a fit of road rage, a Gainesville man threatened another driver with a knife, and in retaliation, the driver punched him in the face, Gainesville Police said. Wesley Terwilliger Cooke, 33, was tailgating cars and swerving in
A group of protesters set up a table Wednesday at the Wells Fargo & Co. bank in Gainesville and began selling two types of water bottles.
When a student told Lauren Marlowe she felt alone, the eighth-grade English teacher saw herself.
A man was arrested Monday after stealing and pawning at least nine laptops from his place of work since November, Gainesville Police said.
Gainesville residents will soon be able to learn the art of beekeeping.
Stephanie Schroeder braced herself as the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Betsy DeVos as the secretary of education.
A 23-year-old Gainesville man died after a car ran him over and dragged him several feet at The Ridge at Gainesville apartments Saturday, Gainesville Police said.
In his nearly eight decades of life, former Gainesville mayor Perry McGriff Jr. seemed to leave his mark wherever he went.
Of seven City Commission candidates, only one was endorsed by the African American Accountability Alliance.
On Saturday, ballgowns and tuxedos will take over a downtown venue to raise money for the furriest of Gainesville residents — those housed at the Alachua County Humane Society.
Inside Newberry’s only fire station, a pinned-up blanket is the only thing separating the cot of a female firefighter from those of her male colleagues.
A 23-year-old man died after a car ran him over and dragged him several feet at The Ridge at Gainesville apartments Saturday, Gainesville Police said.
Erin McConnell refreshed her online petition every 10 minutes, hoping others shared her hope of turning Gainesville into a city of solace for immigrants.
A Gainesville man was found on UF’s campus Friday burying marijuana, cocaine and ecstasy near Rhines Hall, Gainesville Police said.
A deputy with the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office was arrested Friday and placed on paid administrative suspension after police said he physically abused a mentally disabled 11-year-old boy.
Surrounded by about 15 employees in his kitchen Saturday night, an anguished Randy Akerson folded his restaurant’s last burrito — a flour tortilla stuffed with beef, beans, cheese, sour cream and lettuce.
After the Women’s March on Washington inspired hundreds of thousands across the country to take to the streets, more than 500 Gainesville area activists gathered at a church Saturday with one thing in mind: What now?