More than 15 events are happening in Gainesville this week in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Events celebrating his life began Sunday and will end Monday on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
A hot-tub session turned violent Monday when one man threatened another with a shotgun, Gainesville police said.
As UF alumnus Mike Biana prepared to board a flight at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Friday afternoon, his phone was flooded with panicked texts and messages.
Ila Perry chose a good spot to stop.
After his arrest Friday, a Gainesville man confessed to sexually assaulting a minor last month, Gainesville Police said.
About a week after the season, a UF football player suffered an off-the-field hit Sunday after an argument at UF’s Keys Residential Complex, University Police said.
A group of local volunteers will travel to Peru next week to deliver menstrual pads they’ve sewn together to women in need.
A Lake City man was arrested for driving under the influence after rear-ending a scooter at a red light Sunday, Gainesville Police said.
More than 1,000 flowers, nicknamed the Queen of Winter, were judged at Kanapaha Botanical Gardens over the weekend.
Midtown businesses like Study Edge and Grill Fresh may see fewer customers as the city begins an eight-month-long construction project.
A Tampa man and woman were found with fraudulent credit cards and copies of driver’s licenses not belonging to them in their car Wednesday, Florida Highway Patrol said.
After a failed gas-station holdup, one man threw a wine bottle at a cashier’s face, Gainesville Police said.
A man was taken to UF Health Shands Hospital after his car and a Walmart semitruck collided at the intersection of U.S. Route 441 and County Road 234 on Thursday, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
A Pulitzer Prize-winning author is reading at the Alachua County Headquarters library Sunday.
As the Florida Highway Patrol uses billboards and pamphlets to remind drivers to move over for stopped emergency vehicles, Gainesville seems to have received the message.
After threatening an attack, a Santa Fe High School student was arrested Tuesday with three knives and a set of brass knuckles concealed in his backpack, Alachua Police said.
To foster an understanding among cultures, the Alachua County Library District is offering Arabic language classes starting Wednesday.
Swedish-American pianist Roberta Swedien is bringing the music of the Nobel Prize Awards to Gainesville.
On Tuesday, UF alumna Kim Barton was sworn in as Alachua County’s Supervisor of Elections, becoming the first African-American to hold the position.
An Alachua man stole $12,000 worth of electronics from a Windsor Park apartment, and then used the apartment to meet and have sex with women, Gainesville Police said.
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