The retirement of Gainesville Police Chief Norman Botsford was announced Thursday night at the Gainesville City Commission meeting.
Although stress, moodiness and lack of sleep come with the territory of being a teenager, these factors should not go unnoticed, according to one medical report.
Larry Middleton sat outside City Hall for nearly four hours Wednesday, wielding a sign that read, "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money."
The Gainesville Code of Ordinances remains a source of contention for local committees after a Thursday meeting about revisions to its anti-discrimination chapter.
What do a steaming plate of chicken and a sexy woman have in common?
Leaning forward in a cushioned chair in City Hall, Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan listened intently as a constituent laid out her concerns, the same focus she gave county officials discussing next year's budget an hour later.
A Gainesville High School student was arrested early Tuesday morning after he drove his car into the State Attorney's Office while high on marijuana.
Every evening at 6:30, Crocs, Skechers and flip-flops join the shoes piling on a powder-blue porch where people shed them before stepping over the threshold onto the Krishna House's checkered temple floor.
Trippple Chocolate Threat, Dreamsicle, Fair Trade Green Tea and Peach Cobbler. Karma Kream, a locally owned ice cream shop, will be serving up these flavors of vegan ice cream along with seven others starting today. The shop also serves coffee, baked goods and dairy-based ice cream.
Sexually oriented businesses are having trouble finding legal places to open shop in Gainesville, which could pose problems for the city.
Historic flooding is forcing people to evacuate their houses in Alachua County and the rest of northern Florida.
In an age when publications are struggling to make the switch from print to online, one online magazine is working on finally making it to print.
A Gainesville man was arrested Friday after he was accused of beating his girlfriend and trapping her in their apartment.
Editor's Note: This is the first of a three-part series profiling Gainesville's diverse religious community.
A fault in underground distribution lines caused power loss for about 7,000 residences and businesses in the area surrounding the intersection of East University Avenue and Waldo Road Friday, according to Gainesville Regional Utilities spokesman Dan Clark. Clark said faults on underground lines are rare because compared to above-ground lines, they are safer from storms and trees bumping into them.
Penises, vaginas and breasts! Oh my!
After Tom Miller's paintings are sold, some are thrown down the stairs.
An internal investigation that began in November ended in written warnings given to three Gainesville police officers for harassing people and throwing eggs.
The Gainesville Police Department might not be able to maintain the same level of service after meeting 5 percent budget cuts demanded by the Gainesville City Commission, GPD spokesman Keith Kameg said.
Though three months have passed, Scott Sakowitz still can't believe it.
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