The State Attorney's Office dropped 31 criminal cases during the last two months because the only witness in the cases was a former Gainesville Police officer who recently resigned amid an internal investigation.
The community organization Citizens for Good Public Policy filed a petition to place a repeal of Gainesville's Anti-Discrimination-Gender Identity Ordinance on the next city election ballot.
An Eastside High School student who was hit by a Regional Transit System bus July 2 was still listed in critical condition at Shands at UF as of Wednesday evening.
The Florida Highway Patrol is planning to release a report within the next 30 to 60 days determining what factors led an Alachua policeman to accidentally run over and kill a woman lying in a driveway early Sunday morning.
Math teacher Jason Wiggins' students work quickly and quietly, occasionally murmuring a variable or equation.
A Gainesville teenager was sent to a state juvenile assessment center after police said she threatened a 12-year-old with an assault rifle Tuesday evening.
Lillian Danzy, a 38-year-old mother of seven with a persistent smile, traced her fingers across the ordered lines of canned food stacked inside a pantry at St. Francis House, a local homeless shelter and soup kitchen.
With gas prices reaching record heights, Gainesville law enforcement agencies are reacting to skyrocketing expenditures with moderation and responsible cost cutting.
A Gainesville man was arrested after police said he choked his wife of 12 years with a phone cord and busted a hole in the wall with her head.
Gainesville is battling budget cuts in the proposed city budget for 2009 and 2010.
Someone's trying to send a sign to Alachua County Sheriff candidate Capt. Lonnie Scott -by stealing his.
Some Florida senators, including Alachua County's Sen. Steve Oelrich, are looking to introduce a memorial, which is basically a resolution, suggesting the federal government allow oil drilling in places that are currently off-limits.
UF student Han Yang was the kind of person who would invite friends to his house, cook them a big dinner and talk to them for hours.
Bernie Campbell does not go looking for mistreated dogs -but she is not about to look the other way.
A teenage bicycle rider was hit by a Regional Transit System bus Wednesday evening at the intersection of Southwest 35th Place and Southwest 23rd Terrace.
Thousands of people will crowd together today and Friday, craning their necks to catch every leap, swirl and flash of fireworks launched against the dark Florida sky.
A woman died Monday morning at Shands at UF after she was found unresponsive at Ginnie Springs June 14.
The county burn ban was lifted last week after heavy rain, but local law enforcement will still make their rounds to monitor fireworks during Fourth of July celebrations.
Edna sits on an examining table ready and alert - she wants answers about the lump in her breast.
A woman has claimed that a former Gainesville Police officer coerced and intimidated her into having sex with him.
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