Two short public service announcements (male and female versions) were released Wednesday encouraging students to intervene during an alcohol-related sexual assault attempt.
As high-intensity workout programs are catching on nationwide, so are kettlebells, and Gainesville has welcomed them with swinging arms.
The Doris Bardon Community Cultural Center is looking for a new place to call home.
The Fresh Market and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation are teaming up for a wine-tasting soiree to be held Sept. 12. All of the proceeds will go toward research for Type 1 diabetes.
After a slow start, more students qualified and slated for UF Student Government Senate seats than last semester.
MULBERRY, Fla. — Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested the Rev. Terry Jones of Dove World Outreach Center — which left Gainesville this summer — on Wednesday afternoon after they found a smoker full of kerosene-soaked Qurans attached to the car he was riding in.
By 10 a.m. Tuesday, locals were already bent over in the rich soil of Porters Community Farm, kneeling and pulling weeds to prepare for planting the next crop: lettuce.
A Gainesville man was arrested after attempting to gouge out a police officer’s eyes over a bottle of wine Tuesday.
Gainesville Regional Utilities rates will increase for all services beginning Oct. 1 — a measure OK’d by the City Commission that may leave businesses unharmed but strain families, some residents say.
As people across the U.S. are collecting petitions and lobbying for legislation that would outlaw unpaid internships, some locals are expressing mixed opinions about changing what has become a corporate norm.
Mayor Ed Braddy and an official delegation are gearing up for a trip to Rzeszów, Poland, to represent the City of Gainesville for the first time there.
Today, people all around the United States will take to Facebook and Twitter expressing their thoughts and concerns about the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Following President Barack Obama’s speech Tuesday night, which outlined a national course of action — or inaction — toward Syria, Gainesville opinions are mixed, as were President Obama’s messages, some locals said.
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Alachua County ranked among the highest for reported cases of rabies in animals this year, according to recently released data from the Florida Department of Health.
A former deputy fired an accidental shot Tuesday evening after a Keystone Heights man tried to steal his lawn mower.
A local HIV advocacy group received renewed funding last week, so it can begin offering meetings outside of Alachua County.
Coffee may keep you awake to cram for your exams, but it may not keep you alert enough to drive your car.
A record-low number of students qualified on the first day for Student Government’s Fall 2013 elections.
Using Facebook too much can cause unhappiness.
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