Gainesville Police arrested Orlando resident Elena G. Koltchina, 38, at The Oaks Mall Tuesday for switching sales tags on items and returning them to Dillard's department store for more than they were worth.
Some local bookstores think that when it comes to solving the problem of textbook affordability, the Florida Legislature is not on the right page.
Live bluegrass music, sizzling barbecue and natural springs await county residents this weekend at the second annual Springs Celebration in High Springs.
Imagine lounging across a plush bed in a private, climate-controlled room, lazily watching a favorite movie on a flat-screen TV and waiting for a fresh supply of doggie ice cream.
A former Gainesville Police officer will not be charged with sexual battery after a woman claimed he intimidated her into having sex with him.
Gainesville city commissioners say underage drinking in downtown and midtown bars has gone far enough, and they're willing to close the door on everyone under 21 if the problem isn't resolved.
Lovetta Smith, who earned a doctorate in nursing and spent 30 years as a head nurse and counselor at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, has been confined to a wheelchair since her sophomore year in college 38 years ago.
Locking your gas cap could become as important as locking your car doors.
It's not every day Alachua County deputies drive to the jail with Kate Spade, Christian Dior and Louis Vuitton in their backseat.
Both the city and county Equal Opportunity Offices have planned a day full of vendors, exhibits and support groups to celebrate the anniversary of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities.
Are Gainesville summer programs decreasing tension among neighborhood gangs? Depends whom you ask.
No one was injured in a fifth-floor fire at College Manor Apartments that led police to block off parts of Southwest Second Avenue on Monday.
Legislation aimed at spurring domestic drilling on already-leased lands was defeated in the House of Representatives on Thursday.
A Gainesville Police officer will return to work Wednesday after he shot a man in the chest early Saturday morning.
City residents voiced concerns Tuesday regarding the reduction of Regional Transit System buses and the increase in fares that may take effect this fall.
The monk parakeet population is sparking controversy in Florida for building its heavy nests on power poles, but a team of researchers may have found a safe solution to contain the birds: Feed them contraceptives.
UF student Grey Torrico and her younger sister, Rommy, were not teachers before February.
Federal agents agreed to join an Alachua County investigation after police found more than 30 pipe bombs, an arsenal of rifles, shotguns and handguns, and more than 250 cannabis plants on a remote property in Archer on Monday.
City commissioners decided not to adopt a proposed fire fee that would require property owners to help cover the cost of city fire services.
Gainesville residents better not forget a book this fall when they head out to catch the bus.
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