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.
According to police, holiday burglaries have come early this year.
Although Tony James of Gainesville has been out on the streets for about a week, he said it lifts his spirit to know that others are trying to help.
Huddled under rainbow-colored umbrellas, Amendment 2 protestors met in the drizzling rain Saturday afternoon with a message: equal rights for everyone.
A weeklong search for a Gainesville man ended in tragedy in the parking lot of the Jacksonville International Airport Friday morning.
Florida's attempts to balance its budget could temporarily shut down 19 state parks.
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