The Gainesville Police Department deployed officers on horses, aerial units and police dogs as well as officers to assist in the search for Christian Aguilar.
The Alachua County Commission put a referendum on the ballot about whether to add a sales tax that would raise $550 million to repave roads.
Grooveshark has expanded its mobile streaming website to include all mobile devices, including tablets.
About a month out from Election Day, contributions from The Walt Disney Co. entities to Florida candidates and committees totaled roughly $2.5 million.
Publix Super Markets issued a voluntary recall Thursday for 10-ounce plastic bags of Publix Hearts of Romaine after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration alerted the company that samples of the product contained Listeria monocytogenes, a known pathogen.
After business faltered, owner Hiro Leung decided to shut down Rolls ‘n Bowls to transform it into Yume Ume, a Japanese-style restaurant.
Users found that the new Maps application is missing whole cities, duplicating locations and using incorrect landmark icons. Apple CEO Tim Cook publicly apologized in an open letter on the company’s website, recognizing the application’s kinks.
In 54 hours, one salsa instructor’s idea went from just a dream to a funded reality.
It must be difficult to be a vice presidential candidate.
Aguilar, an 18-year-old biomedical engineering freshman from Miami, has not been seen since Sept. 20.
The coral ardisia, known for its decorative red berries, was the focus of an invasive plant pull at Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park on Saturday.
The annual Gainesville Pride Festival will take place from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. At noon, a parade will start at Wild Iris Books, 802 W. University Ave. For an hour, marchers and floats will trickle down University Avenue. By 1 p.m., the parade will flood into Bo Diddley Community Plaza.
SquareTrade surveyed more than 2,000 iPhone users and then combined the cost of repairs, replacements and insurance deductibles for broken iPhones.
The majority of the United Methodist campus ministry was upstairs worshipping when the left door of the first-floor entryway had a quarter-inch hole punched into its upper right corner, leaving a web of cracks across the pane.
The parade, which will start at noon, will go from Ayers Medical Building to Bo Diddley Community Plaza. Four of RTS’s transit routes will be affected. The routes will change from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
He is among millions of other Florida fishers. Florida was ranked as the state with the most recreational fishers earlier this month in a study released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The Emergency Alert System now gives the president, state government and local government the ability to broadcast about natural and man-made disasters or life-threatening situations, according to a county press release.
Elementary school is a place where lessons and values are formed as children learn to share and express themselves. However, it is also a place where receiving an education is top priority.
The Growl, billed as the largest student-run pep rally in the world, will be at 7 p.m. Nov. 9 at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. The theme of the 89th Gator Growl is “United We Growl,” according to a news release.
Today marks the release of her new book, “The Casual Vacancy,” her first novel written for an older audience. As of press time, the book was already at No. 1 on Amazon’s Top 100 Best Sellers list.
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