New league hopes to spread water polo to north and central Florida
By ZAHARA ZAHAV | June 30, 2008Water polo\'s splash in south Florida is sending ripples through the center of the state straight into Gainesville.
Water polo\'s splash in south Florida is sending ripples through the center of the state straight into Gainesville.
A local group of policymakers is fired up over the money it feels it is owed for providing fire services to the county.
The Florida Board of Governors discussed a new model for enrollment funding at its June 19 meeting, and the model could benefit UF if implemented in the coming years.
Gainesville has decided to levy a special assessment, or an annual fee, for properties benefiting from city fire services.
Dwight Johnson, a 51-year-old Gainesville resident and UF alumnus, was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, in February 2008.
A Gainesville Police Department internal investigation found that a former officer violated GPD policies by sharing confidential police information with a woman he was having sex with.
As the prices at gas stations grow higher, Florida's consumer confidence has plummeted to an all-time low.
Beginning July 1, Salvia divinorum, a hallucinogenic drug, will no longer be legal in the state of Florida.
In an effort to make bachelor's degrees more accessible, SFCC will join eight other community colleges and offer four-year degrees starting fall 2009.
The soccer cleats are new, and the uniforms are clean.
Lightning Safety Awareness Week begins Sunday, and with recent thunderstorms drenching the Gainesville area, experts say residents should take note of those electrifying veins that stretch across Florida's summer skies.
The Alachua County Sheriff's Office is planning to destroy truckloads of evidence used in the Danny Rolling murder case within the next two weeks.
The banquet hall of a local hotel erupted with laughter as Alachua County Sheriff Sadie Darnell began to spell "oviferous."
Authorities released a revised sketch Sunday of the man who attacked a woman who was jogging in Haile Plantation last month.
As bowling balls thundered down the lane to ruin perfectly spaced white pins Friday evening, local volunteers met to discuss Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign.
A federal cut in funding to state Medicaid programs has begun to resonate locally, as 29 of Alachua County's 42 public school nurses have been laid off.
A naked body was found in a retention canal on Northeast 10th Avenue Wednesday morning.
Gainesville drivers will experience temporary lane closures on Northwest 34th Street between Northwest Fifth Avenue and U.S. Highway 441. The closures will last from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday through Thursday until fall.
Smith Kirkpatrick, a former UF professor, spent much of his childhood in awe of seashells he found while playing in the Arkansas mountains.
And then there was rain.