As Florida voters face an amendment that could legalize medical marijuana this November, a study suggests it could lower rates of painkiller abuse.
October marks UF’s Homecoming, but a different kind of homecoming — one of the punk-rock variety — starts this weekend at High Dive.
A Gainesville man was arrested Tuesday following a heated argument between neighbors.
As cities continue to expand, Florida panther and bear sighting photos are helping state biologists better understand these predators’ changing habitats, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reported this week.
Pedro Bravo is a murderer.
A repeat UF trespasser and thief was arrested Tuesday morning at Marston Science Library following an undercover operation, according to the University Police.
Tuesday’s mid-year elections saw a modest turnout in Alachua County, said supervisor of elections Pam Carpenter.
After the fatal shooting of Michael Brown this month, campus and community leaders are shedding light on and raising awareness about the events that followed in Ferguson, Missouri.
After five years and more than 30 low-cost spay and neutering procedures every day, No More Homeless Pets reached its goal.
When students signed a lease to live at the new Grove apartment complex, they didn’t expect they’d be paying to live in a hotel.
Floridians can head out to the polls today to vote in the primaries for the November elections.
The Hyppo, a St. Augustine-based frozen treat eatery, is expanding beyond its downtown Gainesville location within the next two months. New locations are set to open in Roberts’ Stadium Club on University Avenue and on Butler Plaza between McAlister’s Deli and CiCi’s Pizza. There will also be carts spread throughout Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on gamedays.
Alachua County Animal Services will have free adoptions for the next week.
Corey Jermaine Sawyer, 30, was arrested during a traffic stop at 2400 E. University Ave. shortly after midnight Monday, said Gainesville Police spokesman Officer Ben Tobias.
Gainesville Regional Utilities is warning business owners about a recent phone scam.
“This is your day of reckoning.”
Pedro Bravo took the stand Thursday to defend himself against his first-degree murder charge, among others.
If you ask the state, Pedro Bravo had a busy night on Sept. 20, 2012.
On Pedro Bravo’s first night in jail, he asked his cell mate, Michael Angelo, for two things — his pen and his shoelaces.
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