Local teens help with alcohol sting
By KATIE EMMETS | Mar. 29, 2009Teenagers working with the Alachua County Sheriff's Office helped catch four convenience stores selling alcohol and cigarettes to minors.
Teenagers working with the Alachua County Sheriff's Office helped catch four convenience stores selling alcohol and cigarettes to minors.
Thirteenth Street became a runway for vintage vehicles Saturday when a local nonprofit group held a charity showcase for motorcycles and classic cars.
Florida's Board of Governors discussed upcoming slashes in the budget of Florida's 11 public universities and the happenings of Florida's legislative session in the final meetings of a two-day session on Thursday.
Elizabeth Jones used to ask questions about relationships and family.
Now Gainesville residents have more reason than ever to do business in Florida.
Smokers will have yet another incentive to kick the habit after an April 1 tax increase, and local retailers are bracing themselves for the effects. The federal excise tax will increase for small cigarettes from 39 cents to $1.01 per pack and from $3.90 to $10.07 per carton, according to the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau's Web site.
A Gainesville Wal-Mart Supercenter employee and two other people were arrested Wednesday after being accused of stealing almost $5,000 from the store.
Losing City Commission candidates said they anticipate bright political futures, despite landslide victories by incumbents in Tuesday's Gainesville City Elections.
No shoes, no shirt, no pants, no problem.
A portion of Archer Road will receive an $8 million face-lift come October if everything pans out.
Officials found a gun and 2.5 pounds of marijuana in the backpacks of three Eastside High School students Tuesday.
The 43rd Street Deli added its 13th Street location to a growing list of businesses closing in Gainesville, but the restaurant isn't suffering the same plight as those buckling under financial strain.
Amid accusations of plagiarism, the North Central Florida Society of Professional Journalists Professional Chapter decided Wednesday to rescind awards given to the former editor of Ocala Magazine.
The Board of Governors will conclude its two-day set of meetings in Tallahassee today after discussing on Wednesday the impact Florida's 11 public universities have on the state's economy.
Two men were arrested Monday and accused of stealing chairs, signs and flags.
Amanda Boyd, 23, who graduated from UF in December, has been charged with DUI manslaughter for a crash in September.
President Barack Obama's foreign policy hits close to home for some women. They are the few, the proud, the military girlfriends.
One UF student got a taste of commercial success after creating a new advertisement for a nationwide Hardee's contest.
The number of people who voted on campus in city elections Tuesday more than quadrupled those who voted in 2006.
Both Gainesville city commissioners who were up for re-election will serve another term, voters decided in Tuesday's citywide election.