Changes to the Alachua County Charter will appear on the ballot in March. In the meantime, a review commission is gathering citizen-suggested changes to the charter, which defines the structure, powers and function of the county government.
A barefoot, gray-pigtailed woman marks her home with an orange cone on a country road. But that's not all that is orange on her property.
Ricky Carter almost cried when he heard the news early Wednesday morning--his fight for equality just got tougher.
Erin Pelton, a 2008 UF graduate, wanted to become a veterinarian.
City will give $50,000 to local organizations for winter care of homeless.
A 21-year-old man was banned from campus last week after a UF student reported that he was looking at porn and masturbating while using a computer at Library West.
Despite opposition from her own party, state Sen. Paula Dockery, a UF alumna, filed paperwork Tuesday to run against Attorney General Bill McCollum for the Republican nomination for Florida governor.
Despite a growing stigma surrounding tanning beds and recent studies linking tanning to tobacco, hepatitis B and arsenic gas, Gators are still getting their golden glow on this fall.
More college students are enlisting in the military as part of a larger increase in recruitment in 2009.
As cold and flu season approaches, those who want to prevent from getting sick will pay extra attention to eating well, washing their hands, sleeping for no less than eight hours per night and taking their vitamins. All of these things usually come to mind when one thinks about preparing one's immune system for this time of year, but exercising does not.
Police say they have identified a suspect in what they originally thought was an armed robbery near Norman Hall last month. UPD is reclassifying the incident as a trespass instead of a robbery.
Slime took center stage at the Oaks Mall on Halloween as the UF Department of Chemistry held its fourth annual Molecular Mania event on Saturday morning.
Four men visiting Gainesville for The Fest 8 were arrested after police say they beat an officer who was trying to arrest a man at a house party early Sunday morning.
A UF nuclear engineering professor and his wife have been indicted by a federal grand jury and arrested on charges related to $3.7 million in fraudulent grant proposals submitted to NASA, the U.S. Air Force and the Navy.
Members of the Pre-dental ASDA served dinner to the homeless and gave a presentation on good oral hygiene at the St. Francis House.
Stacy Hutton is going to be an angel for Halloween - again.
35 protesters marched Wednesday in downtown Gainesville to protest the proposed $14 billion nuclear power plant about 50 miles from Gainesville in Levy County.
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.
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