A local hot line providing information about food stamps is in operation after a surge in applications and complaints that local residents were unable to receive answers from the state.
A Gainesville resident being placed under arrest Sunday morning kicked out the side rear window of the police car where he was being held, police reported.
Florida Sen. Steve Oelrich will remain the chairman of the Higher Education Committee for the Florida Senate's 2008-2010 legislative term, he announced Monday.
For some horse owners, keeping their animals healthy and happy can mean getting a month behind on rent.
The overpass that stretches across Southwest 13th Street near Archer Road could be renovated with a design contest being launched in January.
Gasoline prices, which seem lower with each trip to the gas station, could drop as low as $1 a gallon soon.
After a 15-hour flight from Iraq, Michael VanWagner's sister, Dana, arrived at his hospital room three hours before he died at 1:51 p.m. Thursday.
Expansion plans for the Gainesville Police Department downtown headquarters are inching closer to reality.
Gainesville's annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony has survived the struggling economy and the city's shrinking budget.
Gainesville voters will be able to decide in the March 24 election whether city residents should be protected from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
A man was arrested in connection with the mugging of a 68-year-old woman in the parking lot of a Gainesville Albertsons on Thursday morning.
Could it be? Was Gatorade actually created by a Florida State University team doctor and called "Seminole Firewater"?
A man was arrested after he was found with a laptop from the State Attorney's Office early Thursday morning.
Taking a cue from the city of Gainesville, the Alachua County Department of Public Safety will be switching to a four-day, 10-hour a day workweek beginning Monday.
As a result of rising food costs around the world, some people have resorted to growing their own food as an affordable alternative to grocery shopping.
Florida's State University System got its report card, and the returns aren't pretty.
Newsrooms across the country have been hit hard by the nation's troubled economy, and the Independent Florida Alligator is not immune to the industry's dip in morale.
No snow, sleds or Santa Claus are required:for John and Cathryn Gregory, it's always Christmastime.John, a former UF professor, and Cathryn, a former Spanish teacher, both 64, have been growing trees at the Unicorn Hill Christmas Tree Farm since 1981.Unicorn Hill, at 3605 N.W. 69th St., is the only Christmas tree farm in Gainesville.
A UF student is in critical condition after his scooter was hit by a car Tuesday across the street from The Swamp Restaurant.
As cold weather makes underbrush drier and heater use more prevalent, Gainesville is reminding residents that this time of year may mean an increase in the number of household fires.
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