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.
While nationwide gas prices may drop by 10 to 20 cents a gallon in the next two weeks, analysts estimate that they could rise again to more than $3.50 by June.
Construction projects will close down an unusually high number of roads in Gainesville this week.
Patrons packed themselves into the Alachua County Humane Society on Saturday to take advantage of Catapalooza.
The first time UF President Bernie Machen brought his father to the president's box for a Gators football game, his dad had only one request: to watch Auburn University play on TV while the Gators played on the field below.
Gainesville officials will soon review a proposal to install video cameras at intersections to help catch red-light runners.
Both Gainesville and Alachua County are getting citizens more involved with civic education programs this March.
Architects, engineers and building managers are hitting the books in an effort to go green and keep up with new standards in their fields.
While no one can tell who the next president of the United States will be, odds are it will be a senator - the first one to win the presidency since John F. Kennedy was elected in 1960.
The Florida Prepaid College Board has entered the ongoing lawsuit between the state Legislature and the Florida Board of Governors, siding with the Legislature.
A 21-year-old former Santa Fe Community College student was found dead Wednesday afternoon after celebrating Mardi Gras with her friends, according to the Alachua County Sheriff's Office.
Editor's Note: As per a request from the person who made the Hello Kitty rifle, we have taken down the image.
A pair of UF college sweethearts, now engaged, hopes to kick their marriage off with a big wedding celebration and a million bucks.
Gainesville Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan will take to the stage tonight as she narrates "A Sense of Place" for a Martha Graham Dance Company ballet performance at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. The text is a compilation of letters between choreographer Martha Graham and composer Aaron Copland as they worked on "Appalachian Spring," a piece that attempts to capture the American spirit.
South Carolina police arrested a man early Thursday morning who was wanted for questioning by the Alachua County Sheriff's Office.
A UF student got a firsthand look into the recent trend of rising gun use early Sunday morning when he was robbed in a downtown club.
As the Alachua County Commission begins planning for the 2009 fiscal year budget, local agencies are starting to come to terms with the impact of impending budget cuts.
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A car crashed into a utility pole on Southwest 34th Street just south of Archer Road, in front of Back Yard Burgers on Tuesday evening.
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