When Chief Tony Jones became head of the Gainesville Police Department in 2009, one of his goals was to decrease crime in the city by 5 percent.
What have blue eyes, frequent McDonald’s and are about 20 inches tall?
One day of voting down and one more day of fliers, stickers and the million-dollar question, “Have you voted?”
Borders will close its Gainesville store because the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization Wednesday.
Kyle Weber swore the girl was 17, but when he started sending sexually explicit pictures from his cell phone to a 15-year-old, it was the beginning of series of events that would land him in jail.
A plan to modernize downtown Gainesville has been mapped out and color-coded.
Take a 26-year problem that has frustrated city staff and citizens. Add a 703-page solution.What do you get?
A dispute over the amount of meals Gainesville soup kitchens can serve may come to an end — in about four months.
County Commissioners debated Tuesday how to respond to the Gainesville City Commission’s request to approve projects in unincorporated land between Gainesville and Waldo.
Those who attended Tuesday’s tea party City Commission forum didn’t get Richard Selwach. Instead, they got “Diamond Rick the Pawn Broker.”
For 40 years, local artists have had a home in Gainesville.
The only thing standing between Lounetta Watkins and freedom was Sheriff’s deputy Mike Rodenwoldt, but it didn’t stop her from pushing the pedal to the metal Sunday.
Two days before the year’s biggest celebration of love, one group of individuals decided to show love to the homeless.
Imagine recess on steroids.
About 200 people formed a line for free dental services in the Millhopper Family Dentistry parking lot Saturday morning. The dental office collaborated with local endodontists, periodontists and oral surgeons for the event Care to Share, which offered free fillings, extractions and cleanings.
With the voter registration deadline for city elections a day away, 11 City Commission candidates from three races converged on the Millhopper Branch Library on Sunday in an effort to shore up votes for their March showdown.
More than 100 people gathered Saturday night behind Gainesville High School to honor the memory of former Gainesville Police Officer Scott M. Baird.
It’s an axis of activism, a core of counter-culture and a hub for all things left-winged in Gainesville. The Civic Media Center, 433 S. Main St., is a library where self-described liberals and anarchists meet to organize, network and unwind.
If you want to have a say in who will make decisions for Gainesville, you need to register to vote in Alachua County by Monday.
These days, the talk is all about prevention.
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