After a period of uncertainty and low morale last semester that witnessed The Independent Florida Alligator without an applicant for the editor-in-chief position for perhaps the first time in 40 years, the paper is back on its feet.
A Gainesville man was arrested at a downtown club after police found crack cocaine and two loaded handguns.
Police confiscated $9,900 in cash after responding to a drug-related armed robbery in a Gainesville apartment complex early Tuesday morning.
With what may feel like a never-ending stream of budget cuts and layoffs, it comes as no surprise that Floridians regard the economy as their greatest concern.
A Gainesville gas station and a restaurant were both robbed on Monday night, police said.
Gainesville residents may be the targets of two scams, according to police.
A local hot line providing information about food stamps is in operation after a surge in applications and complaints that local residents were unable to receive answers from the state.
A Gainesville resident being placed under arrest Sunday morning kicked out the side rear window of the police car where he was being held, police reported.
Florida Sen. Steve Oelrich will remain the chairman of the Higher Education Committee for the Florida Senate's 2008-2010 legislative term, he announced Monday.
For some horse owners, keeping their animals healthy and happy can mean getting a month behind on rent.
The overpass that stretches across Southwest 13th Street near Archer Road could be renovated with a design contest being launched in January.
Gasoline prices, which seem lower with each trip to the gas station, could drop as low as $1 a gallon soon.
After a 15-hour flight from Iraq, Michael VanWagner's sister, Dana, arrived at his hospital room three hours before he died at 1:51 p.m. Thursday.
Expansion plans for the Gainesville Police Department downtown headquarters are inching closer to reality.
Gainesville's annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony has survived the struggling economy and the city's shrinking budget.
Gainesville voters will be able to decide in the March 24 election whether city residents should be protected from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
A man was arrested in connection with the mugging of a 68-year-old woman in the parking lot of a Gainesville Albertsons on Thursday morning.
Could it be? Was Gatorade actually created by a Florida State University team doctor and called "Seminole Firewater"?
A man was arrested after he was found with a laptop from the State Attorney's Office early Thursday morning.
Taking a cue from the city of Gainesville, the Alachua County Department of Public Safety will be switching to a four-day, 10-hour a day workweek beginning Monday.
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