Butterfly farm aims to educate, entertain with new festival
By Samantha Shavell | Sep. 15, 2011Before the butterflies in north central Florida take wing, one local butterfly farm is inviting the public to celebrate the colorful creatures.
Before the butterflies in north central Florida take wing, one local butterfly farm is inviting the public to celebrate the colorful creatures.
Gators fans flooding into Gainesville for home football games this season will face strict reservation rules at some hotels - including a two-night booking minimum.
Due to the recent closing of the post office in downtown Gainesville, the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Office has changed its mailing address.
In a room slightly larger than an office supply closet, Robbie Stevens broadcasts radio waves of wailing saxophones, blaring trumpets and pounding drums over the Internet.
Library hours and transportation are hot topics in the upcoming fall Student Government elections.
Activists plan to protest this weekend urging state park officials to promise that adult male bison at Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park will be kept alive and well.
Gainesville will soon see a post office close and ZIP code retire.
There is a lot more to Gainesville than Gators football, and a local company wants to give Alachua County residents a chance to express it.
The annual Florida Writer's Festival has returned for the 62nd consecutive year.
North Florida has been swallowed by smoke from all sides.
A High Springs man accused of fatally shooting his wife and son was transferred to the Alachua County Jail on Monday.
Sipping on a glass of Guinness and looking up at President Obama's televised visage, Lauren Poe waited for his moment back in the spotlight.
The victim of a Wednesday stabbing is now in stable condition after surgery, but the Alachua County Sheriff's Office's investigation is ongoing.
Gainesville Police found and arrested the man who robbed an Independent Florida Alligator employee at gunpoint on Aug. 25.
Autumn in Florida: It's that fleeting season that never stays long enough, after the swampy heat gives way to gentler temperatures and before early frosts bring winter clothes out of the back of the closet.
Gilbert Schaffnit was in his Chicago hotel room Wednesday night when he got the phone call that his office was on fire.
Members of Christian Campus House became homeless when developers bought the off-campus student organization's lot the day before Christmas Eve.
If you live with your significant other and don't happen to be married, you could be committing a crime in Florida.
The conduct evaluation was prompted by UPD Officer Keith Smith's handling of a traffic stop on July 23, when he threatened to shoot a 20-year-old man whom he pulled over on a charge of reckless driving.
Slating for Student Senate positions closed Tuesday with 595 applicants for 50 seats.