With two open commission seats and two proposed charter amendments on the ballot for the upcoming city election, voters have a lot to wade through on their way to the polls.
He pushes the sawed-off top half of a Canada Dry 2-liter into a container of water, forcing smoke into his lungs.
Authorities are looking for a Gainesville man who has been missing for a week.
Some of Gainesville's specialty card stores' sales dropped in 2009, despite Valentine's Day, causing some store owners to close their doors for good.
Gainesville has dodged the worst of the economic downturn so far, aided by the stability that Shands and UF provide, according to Jenny DuRant, a chamber of commerce spokeswoman.
Nescafe, El Mundo and Pepsi labels dominate the Caracas skyline. Multi-colored homes form haphazard piles in the barrios climb up the city's hillsides.
Facebook made a quiet change in its user contract on Feb. 4, but most UF students are not concerned or informed enough to change their posting habits.
A Gainesville man was arrested for petit theft after he was accused of taking six cans of a computer keyboard-cleaning product into a Wal-Mart bathroom.
Award-winning author and civil rights activist Stetson Kennedy is donating his personal library to Gainesville's Civic Media Center.
When Ocala resident Irene Bryan first purchased Skippa Secret, she knew the mare had a surprise in store.
To combat youth violence in Gainesville, the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) is partnering with the Gainesville Police Department and the State Attorney's Office.
A police impersonator was arrested after he was accused of holding a female escort captive in his house. The escort was sent to the house of Rickie Keith, 55, during the early morning of Feb. 6.
Maurice watches TV at Safety Cab headquarters, a Gainesville taxi company, in between dispatching drivers.
After 15 years on West University Avenue, the Civic Media Center packed up its books and moved into a bigger space more than a mile away.
A registered sex offender was arrested Friday in connection with Tuesday's bank robbery of Campus USA Credit Union.
Date rape drugs were slipped into the drinks of at least three women at Grog House, wrote the president of a UF club that networks international and domestic students.
Those missing an ex on Valentine's Day should remember that the source of their pain might not be love, but dopamine.
Local businesses expect to rake in the usual profit this Valentine's Day season, despite a national survey predicting the average consumer will spend about $20 less on Valentine's Day gifts than in 2008.
When thinking of a city hot spot, the library isn't usually what comes to mind.
Gainesville is hungry for a slice of Obama's $789-billion stimulus pie.
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