Residents mingled with police officers, horses and a helicopter at Gainesville Police’s Celebrating Safe Communities event Thursday.
The president of a Gainesville-based nonprofit is traveling across the Atlantic this weekend to speak about a topic he advocates at home: accessibility for disabled individuals.
Game shops throughout Gainesville are preparing for Nintendo’s global release of Pokémon X and Y, slated for Saturday.
Two student-founded companies are movin’ on up.
The United States doesn’t have as many highly skilled adults as other countries, but younger generations could break the trend.
As midterms loom, Gainesville coffee shops tend to get more crowded with students who buy one drink and camp out for hours. But it’s often more of an annoyance to students than management.
A Gainesville man was arrested Tuesday night after Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies alleged he poured beer on a cashier and ate food in the store without paying for it.
McDonald’s Corp. has started serving chicken wings, but some locals say the new item may not fly in Gainesville.
Local supporters of medical marijuana in Florida want the ban on the substance to go up in smoke, and the movement may be coming closer to UF soon.
Tasty Buddha, a local Asian cuisine restaurant, has officially closed the doors to both its locations due to insurmountable debt.
The newly designed $100 bill began circulation Tuesday. The note’s high-tech design is the Federal Reserve’s way of staying a step ahead of the counterfeiters, said Detective Matt Goeckel, Gainesville Police currency expert and task force liaison with the U.S. Secret Service.
Student artists are seeing green.
Carl Bovard lets visitors play with tiger cub Summer at Single Vision, a wildlife sanctuary in Melrose. But new legislation may prevent the public from interacting with cubs like Summer.
A recent Internet trend could pose a health concern for young women, especially those in college.
At an Alachua County Commission meeting Tuesday, noise and dust presented roadblocks as the City of Gainesville moved toward buying the biomass power plant before a 30-year contract kicks in.
Registration is now open for the Alachua Astronomy Club’s moon-gazing event Saturday night.
As the days of government shutdown add up, Alachua County programs have begun to feel the effects on a local level.
Wonder Bread is making a comeback, but the classic packaged in white plastic with red, blue and yellow polka dots hasn’t hit Gainesville stores yet.
Some Gainesville Police squad cars are doing more than patrolling for crime this month.
Gainesville Police arrested a Gainesville man Saturday after he threw a beer at another man and then stole his car.
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