Gainesville greets, protests its new president
By Martin Vassolo | Jan. 20, 2017Outside Gainesville’s City Hall on Friday, only the sound of cars driving by could be heard.
Outside Gainesville’s City Hall on Friday, only the sound of cars driving by could be heard.
This morning, Julia Sutton will slip on a red skirt speckled with white elephants to watch the inauguration of the 45th U.S. president.
“The porta-potty was my birthday present,” Trina Hernandez said, barely containing her giddiness.
A UF professor will serve under incoming President Donald Trump on the National Medal of Science committee.
In the days since Gainesville became acquainted with Bernard and Louie, two puppies rescued from a South Korean meat farm and transported to the Alachua County Humane Society, many have fallen in love.
A group of about 70 people celebrated Arbor Day on Thursday by planting a ceremonial tree with a golden shovel.
A Gainesville woman was arrested Wednesday after she tried to push a police officer down stairs, Gainesville Police said.
As schoolchildren waited for their guardians to pick them up Wednesday afternoon, a man walked past Chester Shell Elementary School carrying a rifle, a bullet and three dead squirrels.
A single fluorescent light in a dark theater conveyed a message to the incoming president’s agenda: unity.
As President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated Friday, UF students can watch the ceremony at five different locations on campus.
Disillusioned with its dinner crowd, Midtown’s The Coop now serves breakfast — and it’s offering free coffee until Friday.
A Gainesville man sold 1,000 rare “Magic: The Gatherin” trading cards Tuesday after stealing them from an unlocked car parked in Stone Ridge Apartments, Gainesville Police said.
As a UF accounting graduate student, Sean Warner is spending his free time teaching kids the art of golf.
The finishing touches on a meditation garden in Gainesville, fit with about 85 tons of statues, will require more time and money to complete.
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge ordered on Friday that TutoringZone permanently close and pay back at least $443,500 after defrauding lenders, the Gainesville Sun reports.
A bus driver nearly struck a UF graduate student on campus Tuesday afternoon.
As part of this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations, a UF professor spoke about solutions to racism Tuesday.
A Gainesville man is accused of shooting his 8-year-old neighbor in the leg with a BB gun Monday, Gainesville Police said.
After holding up a convenience store with a BB gun, and later winding up behind bars, a suspected thief told an arresting officer he wished he owned a real gun, Gainesville Police said.
During a candlelight vigil walk Thursday, two UF students held signs pointing in opposite directions.