Local food-bank supply running low as holidays approach
By OLEE FOWLER | Dec. 4, 2007Before Thanksgiving, the Bread of the Mighty Food Bank, low on food, put a call out to Gainesville citizens for donations.
Before Thanksgiving, the Bread of the Mighty Food Bank, low on food, put a call out to Gainesville citizens for donations.
A helicopter crash near the Gainesville Regional Airport on Tuesday morning left the pilot without injury, officials said.
Last April, demolition was finally completed to make way for high-rise condos on the northwest corner of West University Avenue and 13th Street.
With the chill of winter approaching, the homeless of Gainesville may be left out in the cold, but help is on the way.
It was 1969 when Jay Herron was raped for the first time in a detention-center bathroom.
Despite accusations of deceit by some Ben & Jerry's franchises throughout the country, Pete Zimek, owner of franchises in Gainesville, said the claims aren't true.
As puppies wearing bandannas wriggled around and kittens meowed for attention, onlookers decided if they should add to their families.
Anyone looking to go ice skating in Gainesville this winter will have to hope Lake Alice freezes over.
Gainesville will honor one of its fallen police officers Friday by naming part of a street for him.
A suspect accused of involvement in the downtown shooting of a Tallahassee man was indicted Thursday on charges of first-degree murder.
As approaching finals fuel coffee sales, enthusiasts and entrepreneurs of the beverage are finding inventive ways to utilize used coffee grounds.
It may be 70 degrees out, but downtown Gainesville is getting ready to celebrate Christmas.
For anyone who's ever prayed for the light to change more quickly at 34th Street and Archer Road - your prayers may be answered.
Gator Stompin' was once a simple little pub crawl to 10 stops on West University Avenue.
Local pet adoption agencies are giving Gainesville residents a chance to bring a pet home.
A second suspect in a Sunday downtown shooting was arrested Wednesday morning.
Local law enforcement officers announced the formation of a multi-agency narcotics unit Wednesday afternoon.
Gainesville police are looking for a man they say robbed the Campus USA Credit Union near UF's campus Monday evening.
Dr. Robert Cade, one of the inventors of Gatorade, died Tuesday of kidney failure. He was 80 years old.
Shaun Young, a member of UF's tennis team, stripped down to his black spandex underwear Monday night to help raise money for children.