Cutting aid to colleges that do not keep tuition low and doubling the current number of available work-study jobs are highlights of the Obama administration's blueprint for keeping higher education affordable.
One year ago, the Gainesville City Commission ruled that 64-year-old Gainesville resident Bruce Baber couldn't run his dog-sitting business from his home because it was against city codes.
The weekend is here and football fans are preparing for Super Bowl Sunday.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, the nation's leading breast cancer charity organization, ended its six-year partnership with the Planned Parenthood Federation of America on Wednesday.
Gainesville Police are looking for two men who were spotted publicly masturbating on separate occasions Sunday night.
Drug company Pfizer Inc. recalled two types of birth control Wednesday that could be less effective because of a packaging error.
Student voter turnout on campus remained low in Tuesday's elections.
UPD registered 1,493 bikes in 2011. There were 112 bicycles reported stolen in 2010, and 152 bikes were reported stolen in 2011.
Commissioners can purchase or give up iPads after term.
The Hoggetowne Medieval Faire will be moving, but not for a few years.
Yvonne Hinson-Rawls was elected to the District 1 seat of the Gainesville City Commission on Tuesday with 1,126 votes — 54.29 percent of the total District 1 votes.
The death toll is now 11 in the Interstate 75 crashes that also injured at least 22 people early Sunday morning.
Shands at UF went on red alert at about 5 a.m. Sunday, shortly after poor visibility from dense smoke and fog caused crashes involving about 20 vehicles that killed 10 people.
At the request of Gov. Rick Scott, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has started an investigation into the car crashes that claimed 10 lives on Interstate 75.
A man was almost robbed walking to his apartment in The Polos early Tuesday morning.
Santa Fe College's Student Government held a Gainesville City Commission candidate debate this election season, but UF's Student Government did not.
The race for the at-large 1 seat of the Gainesville City Commission will go to a run-off.
Yvonne Hinson-Rawls won the race for the Gainesville City Commission District 1 seat Tuesday night.
Floridians were left empty-handed last week when Taco Bell launched its breakfast menu in the West.
Today is not only election day for the Florida Republican Presidential Preference Primary, but it is also election day for two seats on the Gainesville City Commission.
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