The city of Gainesville unveiled six donation meters in August with the intention of collecting spare change for local homeless shelters.
Two UF students, one a UF football player, died early Friday morning in a motorcycle accident.
Gainesville Police Department arrested and charged a man with the sexual battery of three Gainesville women since August.
The line of people snaked its way through the parking lot and up the sidewalk of North Main Street.
ALACHUA - The scent of incense wafted through the air of the ornately decorated temple.
Members of local pride organizations and their supporters cheered in celebration while marching down University Avenue on Saturday, holding colorful signs and waving water noodles, as part of Gainesville's Sixth annual Pride Parade.
In the past two days, Allison Cecchini has called her best friend 17 times though she knows Ashley Slonina will never pick up her phone again.
The Union Street Farmers' Market will open Wednesday at its new location in the Downtown Community Plaza.
About 350,000 books fill the Friends of the Library building as members prepare for the semiannual book sale.
With the combination of two football losses, a month of away games and an off-week, some local Gators merchandise stores are feeling the strain from a lack of interest.
(Lauren Langston / Alligator) Scott Edmundson and Haley West, both merchants at the Union Street Farmers' Market, talk to a customer at their pumpkin stand on Wednesday. Beginning Oct. 17, the farmer's market will be relocated to the Downtown Community Plaza at the corner of East University Avenue and Southeast 1st Street and will be open from 4 p.m to 7 p.m.
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens will celebrate its 20th birthday by granting free admission at its Open House on Saturday.
Students were given the chance to question city leaders Wednesday, and the resounding concern was homelessness.
The arrest of UF football player Tony Joiner on Oct. 2 wasn't the first problem local towing companies have had with late-night car pickups.
A woman reported being raped early Wednesday morning in northeast Gainesville, according to the Gainesville Police Department.
In addition to a 5 percent tuition increase, students could face a new technology fee if Gov. Charlie Crist approves a bill that was introduced by the Florida Senate on Tuesday.
While the county panhandling ordinance was passed in September, the county is still debating over its purpose.
Alachua County Library District joined the UF library system in letting patrons checkout items in their underwear.
Five political experts discussed the system used to change the state constitution and its effects on Florida at UF's Keene Faculty Center on Monday afternoon.
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