Gainesville is feeding its appetite for Japanese cuisine with the opening of another sushi restaurant. Sake Café opened on Oct. 22 on Archer Road.
Alexis Oliver is the kind of person who looks at a bottle cap and thinks of jewelry.
Studying criminal justice didn't do much to keep one former UF student out of trouble.
For the first time in nearly 30 years, Gainesville's St. Francis House will have to slash the number of meals it serves on Thanksgiving and Christmas from more than 400 to 130 due to a city rule.
An urban and regional planning class at UF is working with the Gainesville Police Department to make burglary more difficult through environmental changes like lighting and shrubbery.
The county fair added an Oktoberfest celebration and more rides in a makeover for this season.
Three people, including two from Alachua, died in a plane crash near Zephyrhills Friday after reporting an emergency mid-air.
A man on foot was robbed at gunpoint at about 3 a.m. Friday morning on the field near Norman Hall.
The Friends of the Library book sale benefiting local libraries began Saturday morning and is expected to draw 6,000 people by Wednesday.
East met West at Gainesville's Heart of Florida Asian Festival on Sunday.
Trevilynn Blakeslee outlasted 22 other players to win Poker For Life's October Main Event Tournament and a $500 Visa gift card Sunday, but she didn't enter the charity Texas Hold'em tournament for the prize money.
Speakers share thoughts on bonding Islam and other faiths at art auction that raised $10,000 for single-mother families of all religions.
A UF student group took part in a summit on alternative energy in Orlando this weekend.
A man was arrested early Thursday morning for elbowing and pushing a pregnant woman during an argument, according to police.
The Shands Cancer Hospital at UF will open its doors to the public before it begins admitting patients Nov. 1.
A haunted house inspired by fairy tales and Disney stories will open Friday at the Alachua County Fairgrounds.
The American Red Cross of North Central Florida is providing food and housing to more than 20 people affected by a fire Thursday in southwest Gainesville.
Amazon began shipping its latest electronic book-reading device, Kindle 2, on Monday.
A technology strategist for Microsoft presented its latest operating system to a crowd of 35 at UF's Hilton.
A professor charged with cocaine possession has entered an agreement to perform community service in exchange for the charges being dropped.
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