Fluctuating weather behind recent local fire
By JESSICA PONN | Feb. 18, 2008During this time of year, when the weather frequently fluctuates, local rescue workers find themselves responding to more fires than usual.
During this time of year, when the weather frequently fluctuates, local rescue workers find themselves responding to more fires than usual.
Police arrested a man early Monday morning on charges of attempted robbery with a firearm after he was caught trying to take his car from a towing compound without paying the fee he owed.
A fire left four apartments uninhabitable Thursday night but did not seriously injure anyone.
OLUSTEE - A marching snare sounds its rhythm, then quiets.
An Alachua County Victim Services & Rape Crisis Center support group for male victims of sexual assault is on hold until enough people join.
Armed with hammers, screwdrivers and road bicycles, 10 UF students will depart from various cities this summer with the mission of spreading the word on affordable housing.
Change. Momentum. Electability.
Authorities believe they have found the man responsible for about a dozen Gainesville robberies dating back to May 2006, said Gainesville Police Department Det. Mike Schentrup.
E-mails sent across the country Thursday with subjects such as "The Love Train," "You Stay in My Heart" and "Valentine's Day" could have been harmful traps for the computers of those who opened them.
WOMEN HELD TO DIFFERENT STANDARDS, EXPERTS SAY.
City workers accidentally cut a gas line Tuesday near Southwest 11th Street and Southwest Sixth Avenue.
A summer job washing airplanes in high school was all it took for Jake Rothstein to know he never wanted to work under someone else's control again.
Gainesville is seeing a revival of community-based neighborhoods due to New Urbanism, a development philosophy that creates sustainable communities that are walkable distances to shops, schools and jobs.
1. Be wary of apartments under construction. If the apartment is not ready come move-in time, all the landlord legally has to do is not charge rent. Some will place residents in hotels, but this is a courtesy, not a requirement.
Betty Gail Hudson's attempt to solve her "urgent personal financial problems" ended in handcuffs and a felony charge Tuesday evening, after the 55-year-old's planned bank heist was foiled, according to a Gainesville Police Department arrest report.
Alachua County could get its first nationally certified "green" fire station by about February 2009.
The City Commission voted Monday night to punish drivers who exit city parking garages without paying their parking fee.
Decades before Sen. Barack Obama was a leading candidate for the presidency, he was a lot like many UF students: young, intelligent and curious.
Northwest Gainesville voters met at the polls Monday for the first day of the District 2 City Commission runoff election's early voting week.
At the intersection of U.S. Highway 19 and State Road 50, about an hour northwest of Tampa, a street marked by a paint-chipped sign with a peeling picture of a mermaid runs straight into the year 1947.