GPD: Woman tries to push officer down stairs
By Meryl Kornfield | Jan. 19, 2017A Gainesville woman was arrested Wednesday after she tried to push a police officer down stairs, Gainesville Police said.
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.
Fresh off a 14-hour flight from South Korea, where they were once held captive, two puppies found a new home in Gainesville on Monday.
Claudia Diaz doesn’t remember immigrating to the U.S. when she was 3 years old, but her family was only allowed to stay through the “wet foot, dry foot” policy.
One day before the country celebrated the life of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., a group of about 10 white people addressed racism in Gainesville.
A Gainesville woman bit two bouncers at Fat Daddy’s on Monday, Gainesville Police said.
The student-body president of Santa Fe High School will meet with the president of the United States this March.
The More in Midtown project began Wednesday, and some local businesses are looking forward to the final result.