A plain white delivery truck with pictures of fruit was parked near Library West on Wednesday, but the inside of the truck was less plain — chain and news clippings with the word “slavery” in every headline covered the walls.
Although Tuesday’s city election saw an encouraging increase in voter turnout from the last mayoral race, election officials see room for improvement.
In the race for Gainesville mayor and a District 4 City Commission seat, no candidate received the 50-percent plus one vote necessary to avoid a runoff.
The rally was organized by members of Students for a Democratic Society, as well as independent Facebook groups created by friends and colleagues of Adu-Brempong.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Florida is bowling to keep its doors open.
Some researchers want to fatten pizza and soda costs in hopes that it will slim America’s waistline.
After winning her battle against breast cancer, Barb Thomas now lives to help drive the disease out of other cancer patients’ lives.
A new program that will give high school students a head start on college may come to Florida.
A Web site created by UF students could ease the pain associated with finding parking in Gainesville.
Tuesday, Gainesville voters will decide the city’s next mayor, and residents who live near the UF campus will also decide who will fill a City Commission spot.
Gainesville voters will elect a new Gainesville mayor and a new member to the City Commission’s District 4 on Tuesday.
After nearly 25 years with Gainesville Fire Rescue, Fire Chief Bill Northcutt will resign this month to work with the Alachua County Fire Rescue.
Keith Skipper has taught MoJo, a 1-year-old Basenji and Italian greyhound mix, everything he knows.
Almost two weeks have passed since the University Police Department shooting of UF graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong on March 2, and students plan to show their views on the incident.
About 100,000 tickets were sold for the annual drag race.
Locals compete for Google's newly announced broadband internet experiment.
The Alachua County Commission unanimously approved a 2-cent tourist development tax increase Tuesday evening that will affect motels, hotels, campgrounds and recreational vehicle parks in the region.
Students involved with American Parkour have started spring cleaning early by incorporating the Leave No Trace campaign into their training regimen.
Jack Frost’s prolonged and icy grip on Florida farms is now reaching into grocery stores and restaurants across the country.
Recent legislation passed in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday and in Mexico City, Mexico, on Thursday legalizing gay marriage has received many different reactions in Gainesville.
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