A downed live wire that ignited the top of a telephone pole caused heavy traffic and left residents around Southwest 20th Avenue without power Monday, Gainesville Regional Utilities officials said.
With early voting starting today, we here at the Alligator thought it would be a good idea for you to take a look at your local candidates.
Nothing brews a sense of camaraderie like the largest, most diverse sampling of beer in town.
The Friends of the Library book sale opened Saturday to record-breaking numbers.
As part of the "Early Vote for Change" tour, Michelle Obama will be stopping in Gainesville on Wednesday afternoon to rally voters to go to the polls.
The cloudy, colorless sky was no match for the rainbows that flooded Saturday's Pride Festival.
While UF students dealt with a virtual line for UF-Georgia game tickets this week, locals have been queuing up to hit the books this weekend.
A woman with two previous warrants out for reckless driving was arrested Wednesday night after a northeast Gainesville car chase that reached 100 mph.
Gainesville City Commissioner Jeanna Mastrodicasa had on a bracelet at Thursday's commission meeting in honor of a proclamation of Gainesville's support for the national ONE campaign to eliminate AIDS and global poverty.
The number of possible locations for Gainesville's one-stop homeless center have officially decreased to two.
Some Florida doctors would like Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain's cancer history kept in the closet.
The applause of about 700 Republicans echoed as Lt. Col. Oliver North voiced his admiration for presidential candidate Sen. John McCain at an Alachua County Republican Party fundraiser in Newberry on Thursday night.
October is usually accompanied by several color palettes: reds, browns and golds for the changing leaves or black and orange for Halloween.
An ongoing Associated Press investigation showing that about 250 million pounds of pharmaceuticals and contaminated packaging enter the nation's water supply each year has prompted Gainesville Regional Utilities to test for the chemicals in local drinking water.
Alternative energy systems in Europe have inspired Gainesville Regional Utilities to propose a completely different approach to renewable energy.
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A debate planned for Wednesday at Santa Fe College became heated, though only one candidate was present.
Anyone lobbying for a cause in Gainesville will soon be required to register with the city.
U.S. Congressman Cliff Stearns and his Democratic opponent still have not met.
Plans by the Regional Transit System to update its bus system could save time for riders.
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