One month after the Alachua County Health Department found two Gainesville chickens that tested positive for West Nile virus, Anthony Dennis, county environmental health director, said the county is buzzing with surveillance and precautions.
The 31st Downtown Festival & Art Show packed downtown with about 100,000 people Saturday and Sunday.
Governors Reubin Askew, Bob Graham, Bob Martinez, Buddy MacKay and Charlie Crist spoke to each other — and an audience of about 500 people — as part of the 2012 Allen L. Poucher Legal Education Series.
About 100 people stumbled in and out of the Hippodrome State Theatre Saturday to see Violet, a 21-year-old bat, and Edgar, a Rodrigues fruit bat, for an event hosted by the Lubee Bat Conservancy.
To celebrate the one-year anniversary of Occupy Gainesville, a protest movement inspired by Occupy Wall Street, a group of movement members marched from Bo Diddley Community Plaza to 13th Street, holding signs and wearing black T-shirts that displayed the phrase, “We are the 99 percent.”
About 210 students, alumni and Gainesville residents filled the Murphree Commons Courtyard to enjoy an inflatable obstacle course, live music, a chance to pie residential assistants in the face and, of course, 90 pounds of sausage.
Brian Pope, director of the Lubee Bat Conservancy, will bring two bats to the theatre’s cinema from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday to raise awareness for bat extinction at the first “Go Batty” event.
Gainesville students and residents can see nature take flight at this weekend’s ButterflyFest.
The Gainesville Roller Rebels will be gearing up for their next roller racing match this weekend, and students are invited to watch as they compete against the North Carolina-based Blue Ridge Rollergirls.
About 30 people, most of whom had never met Christian Aguilar, crowded around a makeshift memorial. Two banners, each featuring a picture of him smiling, hung on a brick wall.
Gainesville Police arrested John Henry Boyd III, 32, on sexual assault and robbery charges, according a GPD arrest report.
Mitt Romney, a Mormon, will challenge the incumbent president, Barack Obama, a Christian, Nov. 6.
The Unity Day Rally, which was coordinated by the River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding, focused on finding practical ways to stop bullying and unite the community.
The Laboratory bar and restaurant will close its doors for the last time Oct. 31.
Ker’s WingHouse Bar & Grill, 3857 SW Archer Road, will celebrate its grand opening today from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Gainesville Police responded to a call Wednesday morning about a man who shot himself in a southwest Gainesville apartment complex
Pedro A. Bravo will face capital murder and kidnapping charges for his alleged connection in the murder and disappearance of a missing UF student.
Because she wanted to spend more time with her children, Sherrie Blackwelder decided to move Cake Classics into her home in July, a year after the Cottage Food Law passed in Florida. Now her hours center on her children’s naptimes and bedtimes.
The Florida Writers Festival will start at the Alachua County Library District Headquarters at 7:30 p.m.
Pedro A. Bravo will face capital and first-degree felony charges for his alleged connection to the Christian Aguilar case.
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