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FLORIDA STRONG IN FACE OF TRAGEDY
By Chabeli Herrera | Nov. 20, 2014TALLAHASSEE — Tatiana Aponte said Strozier Library was a safe place.
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CITY COUNTY COMMISSION
‘No smoking’ signs now apply to e-cigarettes, commission rules
By Liz Clancy | Nov. 20, 2014Three men puffed smoke from their glossy vape pens outside Gainesville’s city hall in defeat.
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Don’t worry: Cold front won’t last long, experts say
By Melissa Mihm | Nov. 19, 2014Despite hard freezes and a frost lasting early this morning, Gainesville is expected to warm up by the weekend.
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Alachua County announces support for same-sex marriage
By Patrick Pinak | Nov. 19, 2014Alachua County became the first county in North Florida to publicly support marriage equality this week.
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Bomb threat evacuates GHS
By Melissa Mihm | Nov. 19, 2014For about three hours, Gainesville High School students stood in the cold and waited while officers and four canines swept campus for explosives.
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Student organization rallies against police militarization
By Bryan Faux | Nov. 19, 2014Students for a Democratic Society members held a banner on Turlington Plaza calling for UF to demilitarize Wednesday.
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City Commission to vote on e-cigarettes
By Isabella Alsina | Nov. 18, 2014Kevin Skipper smoked 30 cigarettes a day for 15 years. And then he quit.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Police: man lights up blunt, charged with child abuse
By Melissa Mihm | Nov. 18, 2014Four days after Daniel Lavaughn Jerkins was arrested for aggravated domestic assault, he was arrested again after police said he picked up his 5-year-old son from school and later smoked a marijuana blunt in front of him Tuesday evening.
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Snapchat debuts ‘Snapcash,’ users wary of security
By Patrick Pinak | Nov. 18, 2014Snapchat users can now put their money where their face is — by sending “Snapcash” to friends.
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Food drive for grad students to be held
By Ashleigh Hicks | Nov. 18, 2014This Thanksgiving, about 40 percent of UF’s 4,000 graduate assistants will earn salaries below the federal poverty line. Many will struggle to feed their families.
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UF student senators joined by city commissioners at meeting
By Ariana Figueroa | Nov. 18, 2014The UF Student Senate was joined by Gainesville city commissioners Tuesday to discuss transportation, Gainesville life and student safety.
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Play starring three UF students starts this weekend at The Wooly
By Christina Hunt | Nov. 17, 2014The customer is not always right in Thomas Puketza’s play, “Work is Cheap,” starring three UF theater students.
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Cold front to chill Gainesville this week
By Melissa Mihm | Nov. 17, 2014Temperatures are expected to drop below freezing tonight, and officers are warning drivers about staying safe in the cold, stormy conditions.
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Cole Brother’s Circus cancels Gainesville show at Oaks Mall
By Chabeli Herrera | Nov. 17, 2014If you were planning to catch swinging trapeze artists outside the Oaks Mall this week, you’re out of luck.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Police roundup: domestic disputes, one fight over pancakes
By Melissa Mihm | Nov. 17, 2014After James Edward Irving Jr. got waffles instead of pancakes for his 44th birthday breakfast Sunday morning, police said he poked his partner in the eye.
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Ebola won’t stop holiday travel
By Lexie Byers | Nov. 17, 2014Despite the continuing Ebola epidemic, a UF study suggests the majority of Americans don’t intend to change their holiday travel plans.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Police roundup: 2 counts of middle-of-night domestic battery
By Melissa Mihm | Nov. 16, 2014MELISSA MIHM
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Major League Fighting comes to Gainesville
By Patrick Pinak | Nov. 16, 2014With her hands clenched tightly together, Dawn Hunt watched her son fight in what would be his last match as an amateur mixed martial arts fighter Friday night.
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UF researchers develop new treatment for intestinal virus
By Laura Vazquez | Nov. 16, 2014UF researchers have found a way to begin the process of treatment for an intestinal virus most commonly found on cruise ships.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Sharp decline since last game: only 23 ejected, arrested
By Melissa Mihm | Nov. 16, 2014Twenty-three people were either arrested or ejected at the UF vs. University of South Carolina football game Saturday afternoon — a steep decline from the 64 people either arrested or ejected at the homecoming game against the University of Missouri on Oct. 18.
