About two hours south of Gainesville, there was Trayvon Martin. About an hour north and 10 months later, there was Jordan Davis.
Gainesville Police arrested a UF Ph.D. student Tuesday morning after officers reported he accessed child pornography on his laptop.
Last year was record-setting for Florida tourism, and some ripples have reached the Swamp.
The buzz about the decreasing honeybee population has motivated some Floridians to invest in a new hobby.
A Lake Butler man died and three people were injured early Tuesday after a semitruck crashed into a pickup on Interstate 75.
Candidates for the March city elections discussed Gainesville’s state of affairs Monday night at the Alachua County Democratic Black Caucus debate.
Firehouse Subs is giving away free sandwiches today.
Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies arrested an Alabama man Monday morning after police said he was “tweaking” on drugs and driving in circles around a Hardee’s parking lot.
Two fiddlers played music to the crowd of local artists and art enthusiasts Sunday evening during the unveiling of an art sculpture downtown.
A man in a series of burglaries this weekend snuck into the Continuum apartment complex through a trash chute and stole a recycling cart, police reported.
Paper hearts and string lights festooned the North Central Florida YMCA’s basketball gym Friday evening for the organization’s Second Chance Valentine’s Day Prom.
Protestors lined up along an Archer sidewalk Friday night, chanting phrases like, “Wendy’s, shame on you. Farm workers deserve rights, too.”
A call comes in over the hotline. The subject is a woman working at a credit union. The caller provides details, directions and payment.
A local organization is collecting books and money to help stock library shelves in Africa.
Electronic cigarettes are trending in Gainesville.
GatorSavers met its goal of certifying 600 students in CPR with Automatic External Defibrillator training but failed to break its record of participants at this Saturday’s third annual event.
Gainesville Police arrested a Delray Beach man at a Saturday traffic stop who later told them he was hiding marijuana “behind his nuts.”
Gators craving opossum, elk and armadillo meat got their fix Saturday night at this year’s Beast Feast.
Freshman Buddy Reed has a motto: Never stop running.
Alex Wicks, an Olympic Heights Community High School senior, has his heart set on attending UF. But as excited as he is for his possible acceptance, he’s not going to let UF’s choice to release admissions decisions on Valentine’s Day ruin his romantic day.
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