Sheriff's office to burn evidence from Rolling murder case
By APRIL DUDASH | June 18, 2008The 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 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.
After months of delays, students who commute to campus on RTS buses can finally check the location of their buses online thanks to newly installed Global Positioning System units.
Hundreds of people sang, clapped, rocked and rolled Saturday evening in memory of Bo Diddley, the legendary singer, songwriter and guitarist who died last week in Archer.
UF may soon be adding a little "Diddley bomp" to the "Pomp and Circumstance" graduation march come the next commencement ceremony for the College of Fine Arts.
Gainesville residents found a welcome respite from the scorching sun Saturday at the grand opening of the newly renovated Dwight H. Hunter (Northeast) Municipal Pool.
A fire started by lightning burned about 40 acres of the Fairbanks area north of Waldo Road Sunday evening.
A combination of live music, a parade, rows of vendors, civil war reenactments and a recreated American Indian village attracted people of all ages to Archer's Yulee Railroad Days Celebration on Saturday.
Students and faculty are giving mixed reviews to a new state law that buys students time to find the best deals for their textbooks.
Although the room was filled with people, silence surrounded Kyle McCormick as he walked over to the microphone. He looked down at a piece of paper before a burst of poetry erupted from his mouth.
A controversial sign displayed at Gainesville's Union Street Farmers' Market during the last few weeks has been removed.
Detectives traveled to Tampa Tuesday to question a 16-year-old about his possible connection to recent carjackings in the Gainesville area.
With Sen. Barack Obama clinching the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday night, both Democrats and Republicans have begun to speculate about who he will choose as a running mate and which issues will be most important in the general election.