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.
For about three hours, Gainesville High School students stood in the cold and waited while officers and four canines swept campus for explosives.
Students for a Democratic Society members held a banner on Turlington Plaza calling for UF to demilitarize Wednesday.
Kevin Skipper smoked 30 cigarettes a day for 15 years. And then he quit.
Four 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.
Snapchat users can now put their money where their face is — by sending “Snapcash” to friends.
This 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.
The UF Student Senate was joined by Gainesville city commissioners Tuesday to discuss transportation, Gainesville life and student safety.
The customer is not always right in Thomas Puketza’s play, “Work is Cheap,” starring three UF theater students.
Temperatures are expected to drop below freezing tonight, and officers are warning drivers about staying safe in the cold, stormy conditions.
If you were planning to catch swinging trapeze artists outside the Oaks Mall this week, you’re out of luck.
After 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.
Despite 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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With 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.
UF researchers have found a way to begin the process of treatment for an intestinal virus most commonly found on cruise ships.
Twenty-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.
In the six months since Grace Marketplace opened its doors, Jon DeCarmine has been sprinting.
For the fourth year in a row, a UF dance team took first place at India Festival in Tampa.
Eight local businesses were recognized Thursday night at the Gainesville Area Chamber of commerce’s Business of the Year Awards.
The competition for frugal fashion is kicking up a notch at The Oaks Mall.