The line from Wednesday’s editorial on the Kofi Adu-Brempong shooting that reads, “We also question why he was shot in the jaw rather than a safer location,” is beyond ignorant.
Usually the creation of counterfeit bills is discouraged.
Michael Lee, a UF mechanical engineering freshman, and three of his friends have spent almost every Friday night this semester driving around Alachua County trying to plan clues for a scavenger hunt.
Sweat, tears and hot wings made for a fiery smackdown Thursday night at the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s on West University Avenue.
Tales about snakes more than 40 feet long will be told, plate tectonics will be explained with Oreos, and stones will become jewelry Saturday at the Florida Museum of Natural History.
For the first time in history, gay and lesbian couples will be counted on the U.S. Census form.
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.
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