From posting on social media to rallying on West University Avenue, UF students in Gainesville are actively showing their support for a recount in the Venezuelan presidential election that took place Sunday.
Satchel’s Pizza has officially canned Pepsi products in favor of homemade colas.
Gainesville book lovers can get their novel fix with the Friends of the Library’s Spring Book Sale starting Saturday.
Bills that would require a unanimous vote to sentence someone to death haven’t budged in the state House of Representatives and Senate.
A new study suggests the taste of beer, instead of the alcohol content, may be what causes people to drink more, according to Indiana University School of Medicine researchers.
Texting while driving may be illegal in Florida as soon as May 3 if a bill passed unanimously Tuesday in the Florida Senate also passes in the state’s House of Representatives.
During the March Click It or Ticket campaign, UPD officers ramped up their efforts to ticket drivers who failed to use their seat belts.
If passed by the Senate, a Florida ban on race- and gender-selective abortions will be enacted Oct. 1.
Michelle Colomer said some days, she’s lucky to squeeze four to five hours of sleep into her busy schedule.
Just two drinks a day can put you at risk for developing alcohol-related cancer, and UF students are brewing over the issue.
The first fireflies of the summer are appearing around Gainesville.
Ed Braddy will serve as Gainesville’s new mayor after he defeated incumbent Craig Lowe in Tuesday’s runoff election.
Dartmouth College started a program last week in one of its dining halls that allows students to choose drinking out of a red cup instead of a clear one.
The Alachua County Commission passed the wage recovery ordinance during a special meeting Tuesday night.
Local food in a city is typically a bundle of carrots at the downtown farmers market, basil from a balcony herb garden or eggs from a co-worker’s farm.
Canadians blazed their way to No. 1 in a list of countries ranked by marijuana usage among 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds, reports a UNICEF study.
Size matters, at least when it comes to soda. Restriction of larger drinks could possibly reverse the intended effects of decreasing soda consumption.
Gainesville Police is looking for a man who allegedly stole various items from two UF students and sexually assaulted one of the students at gunpoint early Monday.
Explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday killed three people and injured about 150 — but local participants were not among them.
A recent ranking placed Gainesville among the top 10 small college cities, coming in at No. 4 behind Ann Arbor, Madison and Boulder.
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