Student entrepreneurs get crafty, community-minded in Plaza of the Americas event
By Alex Harris | Nov. 6, 2013Gator Innovators swarmed the Plaza of the Americas during the Entrepreneurs Raid the Plaza event held Wednesday.
Gator Innovators swarmed the Plaza of the Americas during the Entrepreneurs Raid the Plaza event held Wednesday.
The aftermath of Fest includes fan souvenirs of left-behind trash. For some venues, the cleanup is relatively easy, given the number of people who migrate to the four-day festival. But part of the responsibility also falls on the city.
Students hailing from mid-Florida may recognize a new addition to the Gainesville restaurant scene.
Susanna Card stared at more than 400 labeled jugs of dried herbs lining the walls of Otter & Trout Trading Co., searching for her remedy.
Alachua County Fire Rescue Services is once again urging people to change the batteries in their fire alarms and carbon monoxide detectors.
Sexting and digital abuse among teenagers and young people has declined.
In Monday’s crime logs, police reported one Gainesville man sold his ex-girlfriend’s stolen possessions to neighbors, and another local woman hit the father of her children with a coffee pot.
With the passing of a law requiring some restaurants to display the caloric information of their food products, a UF survey shows most adults still do not know how many calories they actually need.
Former Gov. Charlie Crist officially announced his candidacy in the upcoming 2014 gubernatorial election in St. Petersburg on Monday.
Some apartment-dwellers say they are starting to see changes in their monthly bills due to Gainesville Regional Utilities rate increases, but GRU attributes higher bills to customer usage.
Authorities evacuated patrons and pets from the Butler Plaza Best Buy and PetSmart stores Monday afternoon after rooftop solar panels caught fire.
It’s hard to make the older format of radio play nicely with the Internet, but inside a studio downtown, a group of music lovers is trying to make it happen.
Sweetwater Organic Coffee Company recently added pedal power.
Alachua County and Gainesville may be joined by the federal government as a bill that promises to end employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity gains traction in the Senate.
From Thursday to Sunday, Gainesville was filled with bearded men, cut-off jean shorts and empty beer cans as Fest 12 attendees hopped venues.
In a Broward County courtroom on Dec. 21, Seth Penalver sat quietly next to his lawyer, waiting to hear the jury’s verdict for a 1994 triple murder he claimed he didn’t commit.
“I❤Boobies!” bracelets may soon be the center of a U.S. Supreme Court case as a school district in Pennsylvania plans to appeal a federal court’s ruling that has allowed the bracelets in schools.
A 45-year-old Callahan man died Friday morning after he was thrown from his SUV during a rollover crash two miles northwest of Waldo.
After several months of investigation, Gainesville Police arrested an employee accused of stealing more than $200,000 from the American Red Cross North Central Florida chapter.
Punk rockers have descended upon Gainesville as they do this time every year, but Fest 12 comes with a few changes.