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.
Fog may have made it difficult for the pilot of a plane that crashed near the Gainesville Regional Airport to see the landing lights. The Nov. 7 plane crash killed three Key West residents.
UF Students in Free Enterprise is helping feed local families again this Thanksgiving with its second annual Chomp Out Hunger canned food drive competition.
A freeze watch for Gainesville will be in effect from tonight until Wednesday morning as temperatures are expected to drop to a record-breaking 27 degrees.
With some gun owners concerned that gun laws will become stricter with Barack Obama in the White House, local gun stores may be profiting off the election results.
County staff will have to deal with concerns about security, funding and maintenance before following through with plans for a bicycle trail that would connect UF with Haile Plantation.
Before the smoke from the 2008 presidential election has even begun to clear, whispers about potential candidates in 2012 have already surfaced.
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