A former Gainesville Police officer will not be charged with sexual battery after a woman claimed he intimidated her into having sex with him.
Gainesville city commissioners say underage drinking in downtown and midtown bars has gone far enough, and they're willing to close the door on everyone under 21 if the problem isn't resolved.
Lovetta Smith, who earned a doctorate in nursing and spent 30 years as a head nurse and counselor at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, has been confined to a wheelchair since her sophomore year in college 38 years ago.
Locking your gas cap could become as important as locking your car doors.
It's not every day Alachua County deputies drive to the jail with Kate Spade, Christian Dior and Louis Vuitton in their backseat.
Both the city and county Equal Opportunity Offices have planned a day full of vendors, exhibits and support groups to celebrate the anniversary of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities.
Are Gainesville summer programs decreasing tension among neighborhood gangs? Depends whom you ask.
No one was injured in a fifth-floor fire at College Manor Apartments that led police to block off parts of Southwest Second Avenue on Monday.
Legislation aimed at spurring domestic drilling on already-leased lands was defeated in the House of Representatives on Thursday.
A Gainesville Police officer will return to work Wednesday after he shot a man in the chest early Saturday morning.
City residents voiced concerns Tuesday regarding the reduction of Regional Transit System buses and the increase in fares that may take effect this fall.
The monk parakeet population is sparking controversy in Florida for building its heavy nests on power poles, but a team of researchers may have found a safe solution to contain the birds: Feed them contraceptives.
UF student Grey Torrico and her younger sister, Rommy, were not teachers before February.
Federal agents agreed to join an Alachua County investigation after police found more than 30 pipe bombs, an arsenal of rifles, shotguns and handguns, and more than 250 cannabis plants on a remote property in Archer on Monday.
City commissioners decided not to adopt a proposed fire fee that would require property owners to help cover the cost of city fire services.
Gainesville residents better not forget a book this fall when they head out to catch the bus.
Wearing red metallic hot pants emblazoned with the words, "It's gon' hurt," Spritzi Beers sped around the track as she lapped her tattooed, fishnet-wearing opponent to score another point for the hell-raising Sinners.
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.
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