The State Fire Marshall’s office is investigating the cause of a fire that burned a Gainesville home to the ground Wednesday morning, killing the two inside.
Investigators discovered five businesses in the same block were robbed around 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Ray Russo, an assistant professor in UF’s geology department, imagines a 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Gainesville.
Since Jan. 1, there have been 69 reports of vehicular burglaries, which is higher than normal.
Edwin C. Bailey was unanimously appointed as the county’s public safety director Tuesday afternoon.
The Hippodrome is asking Gainesville residents to bring out their dead — cell phones, that is.
The city was ranked by Advocate, a monthly gay news and culture magazine.
Churches, Synagogues and Mosques restricted to serving 20 meals a day and requires them to have a permit.
After losing $20,000 on dining operations last year, is switching to an online-only ordering system.
Homeless people will be paid a living wage to contribute to the survey.
With recent temperatures hitting record lows, locals may encounter highs in their electric bills from Gainesville Regional Utilities this month.
Paul Murty’s Friday column “America should rid itself of gun use” is wholly unoriginal and poorly crafted. Murty floats a few arguments for the elimination of private arms in this country, and, as usual, they don’t make it off the ground.
On Friday, Alligator columnist Paul Murty addressed the sad fact that gun and knife crimes in the U.S. are exorbitantly high when compared to rates in the U.K. The emotional response to these tragic crimes is often to immediately bash guns and gun owners and attempt to curtail their rights, but the argument Murty raised for gun control needs more facts.
Lowe is the first mayoral candidate to open a campaign headquarters in Gainesville, he said.
UF junior Laura Francois has a two-sided story.
The Solar Cyclists are coming to Gainesville.
The event comes to Gainesville twice a year and hosts more than 20 events annually nationwide.
Events included a gala, a concert and a pancake dinner.
The Gainesville City Commission continues to debate the start date for the cleanup efforts of the Koppers Inc. industrial site.
He’s been the Gainesville City Commissioner since 2003, but tonight Craig Lowe is taking another step in his climb up the political ladder.
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