Gainesville Police officers reported that they Tasered a UF student after he ignored requests to get down after they found him at a house in Southwest Gainesville covered in blood.
Three inflatable rats, each standing 16 feet tall, swayed in the wind outside Malcom Randall Veterans Administration Medical Center on Archer Road Tuesday.
Alachua County detectives believe two gunpoint robberies on Friday may have been committed by the same people.
Tracy Scott, a full-time employee at Shands at AGH, sat in the back pew Monday night at the PASSAGE Family Church with her 5-year-old daughter, Taylor.
Cell phone users can text more than emoticons or picture mail.
A University Air Center employee died Monday morning following an accident at the airport.
At a time when more Americans are relying on charities for help, local donations have not been able to keep up with their needs.
A Miami teen was arrested in Gainesville on Wednesday night after he was found in an apartment with drugs, firearms and stolen property.
Events did not go by the book when a man wielding a meat cleaver met a Pensacola code enforcement officer at a routine inspection Friday.
About 120 people helped create hope out of a tragedy Thursday at the first Noche de Gala, held at the Tioga Town Center on the outskirts of Gainesville.
In response to a recent hike in car burglaries, the Gainesville Police will be adding extra patrol officers in downtown Gainesville at night.
TALLAHASSEE - Stating his desire to keep tuition low but acknowledging that universities need more money, Gov. Charlie Crist announced a proposal Thursday that would allow the state's 11 public universities to increase tuition by up to 15 percent a year.
Gainesville extended the rights of registered domestic partners by passing a city law giving partners more benefits at a meeting Thursday.
With the plummeting economy making the metal industry one of its latest victims, the appeal of stealing scrap metal for resale could be dwindling.
Alachua County Sheriff's Office deputies are looking for a man who robbed an East Gainesville convenience store at gunpoint Tuesday night.
After postponing a vote in September on whether to allow increases in freshman enrollment, the Board of Governors is set to vote on the matter at its meeting in Tallahassee today.
While some people fear bees, they should instead fear a world without them.
The owner of downtown's Club Decadence and one of the club's dancers were arrested Tuesday when Gainesville Police saw too much during a regular bar check.
A failing housing market and reduced tax revenue may force the county to eliminate or scale back some projects planned for the coming years.
In a room stuffed with city and county officials, middle-school students and Alachua County residents, three re-elected county commissioners were sworn in to serve for another term.
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