They graduated from U.S. high schools. They're students at U.S. universities. They're fighting overseas for this country. And they're not allowed to be here.
Behind an unlit neon sign on 43rd Street, there’s a 25-year-old Gainesville institution. Paul Cakmis owns the place. He’s 61, round like Santa Claus but without the beard. When things were good — before the crash, the layoffs and the lists — the Gator football team would come and eat at the 43rd Street Deli.
Local chapters of numerous national charities, including the Ronald McDonald House of Gainesville, have been finding new ways to remain active in the community, despite a decline in donations.
Two west Gainesville schools were temporarily locked down Tuesday as the county sheriff’s office searched for the man who robbed a local store at gunpoint and has yet to be caught.
The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a man who pistol-whipped a Walgreens pharmacist and made off with Oxycontin and Adderall.
Three sites are designated for early voting: the Millhopper Branch Library, the Tower Road Branch Library and the County Administration Building. Carpenter estimated that up to 40 percent of voters in the county will vote early this year in person or with an absentee ballot.
At about 12:30 p.m., witnesses said they saw a man wandering around the Marston Science Library waiting for people to get up and leave their things.
A man was charged with battery this weekend for striking a homeless man outside Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
Game day has usually been a mixed bag for university law enforcement – the thrill of Gator football mixes with the responsibility of keeping campus safe and clear of trouble.
After a weekend packed with Homecoming celebrations, Gators can wind down with a seasonal festival in downtown Alachua.
Officials from UF, Orlando Health and Shands HealthCare announced today that they plan to collaborate on new health initiatives that will increase accessibility to care for patients over a 20-county region and expand training opportunities for physicians.
For nearly three years, the unfinished Stadium Club luxury condo and retail project has cast its shadow on University Avenue, directly across from Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. But now, the building’s future is in the hands of a new owner.
The slammer’s going green.
Jen Ambrose Cotter uses her blog, “Bipartisan Victory Garden,” to bring attention to Cabot-Koppers, the wood-treatment facility that has been listed by the federal government as a contaminated Superfund site for more than 25 years.
A Gainesville man chewed himself into a hole Tuesday when, instead of stopping right away for police, he drove two blocks while swallowing a stash of marijuana.
Students for a Democratic Society is rallying today in support of fair wages for Immokalee workers at the grand opening of the new Publix Supermarket in Millhopper Plaza.
Spectators at Friday’s homecoming parade will notice new recycling bins along the parade route.
A Gainesville man chewed himself into a hole Tuesday when, instead of stopping right away for police, he drove two blocks while swallowing a stash of marijuana.
Jen Ambrose Cotter uses her blog, “Bipartisan Victory Garden,” to bring attention to Cabot-Koppers, the wood-treatment facility that has been listed by the federal government as a contaminated Superfund site for more than 25 years.
Jared Chasse, 12, wants to be an oceanographer when he grows up, and the City of Gainesville is offering to help pay for him to reach that goal.
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