After years of debate, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finally released an official cleanup plan that will eliminate the Cabot-Koppers Superfund site pollution that has plagued Alachua County for decades.
The City Commission overturned an earlier ruling Thursday that allowed Bruce Baber to run his dog-walking business from his house.
When Vanessa Downer’s boyfriend came home with another woman, she went for her pocketknife.
Homelessness has risen by 38 percent in Alachua County in the past year despite receiving more attention from city officials.
Police invoked the Baker Act on a 74-year-old man Tuesday after he fired a round from his gun when his 29-year-old roommate told him he wanted to move out.
The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office is cracking down on the sale of a bath salt that has been commonly misused as a drug, leading some to compare its effects to those associated with crystal methamphetamine.
Michael Bowe is a father. He has put six daughters through school; the last three were UF graduates. Even 3,000-plus miles away in New York, he is there for them.
Police arrested two Gainesville residents Wednesday in connection with the murder of 21-year-old Saleha Huuda.
Anne Marie Mattison, the founder of Operation CarePak, folds children’s clothing to send to members of the Florida Army National Guard’s Special Forces group.
The Alachua County Commission decided Tuesday to hire consultants to defend it when the Alachua County Sheriff Office’s roughly $500,000 budget cut appeal goes to Tallahassee.
After a long Tuesday filled with meetings, handshakes and city statutes, Craig Lowe decided to stop off for a drink after work.
Alachua County residents can find out how the county spent their tax dollars last year as the 2010 fiscal year annual report has been released by county manager Randall Reid and the Alachua County Communications Office.
Although Tuesday’s Student Senate meeting lasted less than an hour, members of the Unite Party and the Progress Party have hours of work ahead of them as elections loom.
Along State Road 121 there is a seemingly ordinary 12-acre plot of land. If you blinked, you would miss the turn into a graveled driveway that barely stands out, except for a yellow sign that reads “Monkey X-ing.”
The Constitution, ladies night and bus routes were all on the table Monday at the City Commission candidate forum on equality issues.
Traveling along downtown’s Depot Avenue will no longer be a hassle or a construction-heavy eye sore.
For Gainesville Fire Rescue employees, their jobs are about helping those in need whether they face a fire or a torrential downpour.
The debate of police consolidation is done — at least for now.
When going from the corner of 18th Terrace and Seventh Avenue to find Bruce Baber, you can’t help but notice the signs.
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