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Florida Writers Festival welcomes five writers
By Laura Hogan | Oct. 9, 2012The Florida Writers Festival will start at the Alachua County Library District Headquarters at 7:30 p.m.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Pedro Bravo indicted for murder
By Chris Alcantara | Oct. 9, 2012Pedro A. Bravo will face capital and first-degree felony charges for his alleged connection to the Christian Aguilar case.
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Alachua County still untouched by fungal meningitis outbreak
By Webb | Oct. 9, 2012The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reached a tally Monday of more than 100 people infected with fungal meningitis, though Florida has remained relatively unaffected.
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Gainesville residents fight bullying
By Colleen Wright | Oct. 9, 2012Gainesville residents will raise awareness of bullying during the Unity Day Rally and March Against Bullying on Wednesday.
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Venezuelan students disappointed with election
By Joanna Berkowitz | Oct. 9, 2012Venezuelan citizens across Florida flocked to Louisiana to vote in the Sunday presidential elections. Citizens used to be able to vote in Miami, but that consulate office was closed earlier this year due to political disagreements.
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Piccadilly closes 13th Street location due to bankruptcy
By Kathryn Varn | Oct. 9, 2012On Sunday, the 13th Street location closed its doors for good, on Sunday, the 13th Street location closed its doors for good.
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Study finds more LGBT characters on prime-time TV
By MICHELLE PROVENZANO< | Oct. 9, 2012About 4 percent of actors on prime-time network series portray LGBT characters this season, according to the “Where We Are on TV” study that was released Friday by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.
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Rancher fights against deer disease
By Alex Catalano | Oct. 8, 2012Donnie Young starts his mornings watching deer from his front-porch rocking chair.
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Pirates play nice with princesses at family-oriented tea party
By Tatila Brock | Oct. 7, 2012At a tea party Saturday at Haile Village Bistro, children and adults alike were able to play dress up at a princess- and pirate-themed event.
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POLITICS
Yoho’s son arrested following drunken kerfuffle
By Chris Alcantara | Oct. 7, 2012Police arrested Tyler Marlin Yoho, 22, of 8209 SW 95th Lane, after he got into a fight with his friend and resisted arrest from officers Saturday, according to a GPD arrest report.
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Unfinished Innovation Square wins two awards
By Jenna Lyons | Oct. 7, 2012The Florida Redevelopment Association awarded the Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency two awards for its work on Innovation Square: one for best innovative concept and one for one of the best urban redevelopment projects in the state, according to a press release.
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Panera Bread rolls in the dough for cancer research
By Natanya Spies | Oct. 7, 2012In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, pink balloons and streamers and employees wearing pink hats set the scene as the bakery-cafe sold ribbon-shaped bagels for the Panera Goes Pink benefit on Archer Road Friday.
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Chipotle signs tomato agreement with farmworkers coalition
By Webb | Oct. 7, 2012Chipotle agreed to pay a penny more per pound of tomatoes as part of an initiative led by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers.
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Students drink, drive less
By Audreyanna Loguerre | Oct. 7, 2012From 1991 to 2011, the number of high school teenagers aged 16 and older who drink and drive decreased by 54 percent, according to a study released recently by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Workshop brings Thai fruit- and veggie-carving art to Gainesville
By Danielle Boyd | Oct. 7, 2012Kae-Sa-Luk, the Thai art of carving fruits and vegetables, was the only way Pam Maneeratana knew to make money when she moved to the United States 33 years ago.
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Gainesville ranked No. 1 for pirating
By Ayana Stewart | Oct. 4, 2012Tampa may have Gasparilla, but Gainesville has been ranked as the “pirate” capital of the U.S. — at least in terms of illegal downloads.
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CITY COUNTY COMMISSION
Commission delays decision on towing rate increase
By Webb | Oct. 4, 2012The Gainesville City Commission voted 4-3 Thursday to send a proposed price hike for roam towing rates back to the Public Safety Committee. The same committee recommended earlier this year that the commission pass the measure.
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New Florida law cracks down on child abuse reporting
By Samantha Black | Oct. 3, 2012On Monday, a new state law went into effect that cracks down on reporting child abuse and assists child abuse victims.
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UF animal hospital gets mixed reactions to eagle acupuncture
By Alexa Volland | Oct. 3, 2012A bald eagle under the care of the UF Small Animal Hospital was released to a rehab center Wednesday.
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LGBT families now acknowledged by federal immigration policies
By Gloria Garcia | Oct. 3, 2012Matos, national field director of GetEQUAL, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality organization, is among the couples affected by the Department of Homeland Security’s recent announcement that would officially define same-sex couples as families for the purposes of deportation orders.
