Armed with hammers, screwdrivers and road bicycles, 10 UF students will depart from various cities this summer with the mission of spreading the word on affordable housing.
Change. Momentum. Electability.
Authorities believe they have found the man responsible for about a dozen Gainesville robberies dating back to May 2006, said Gainesville Police Department Det. Mike Schentrup.
E-mails sent across the country Thursday with subjects such as "The Love Train," "You Stay in My Heart" and "Valentine's Day" could have been harmful traps for the computers of those who opened them.
WOMEN HELD TO DIFFERENT STANDARDS, EXPERTS SAY.
City workers accidentally cut a gas line Tuesday near Southwest 11th Street and Southwest Sixth Avenue.
A summer job washing airplanes in high school was all it took for Jake Rothstein to know he never wanted to work under someone else's control again.
Gainesville is seeing a revival of community-based neighborhoods due to New Urbanism, a development philosophy that creates sustainable communities that are walkable distances to shops, schools and jobs.
1. Be wary of apartments under construction. If the apartment is not ready come move-in time, all the landlord legally has to do is not charge rent. Some will place residents in hotels, but this is a courtesy, not a requirement.
Betty Gail Hudson's attempt to solve her "urgent personal financial problems" ended in handcuffs and a felony charge Tuesday evening, after the 55-year-old's planned bank heist was foiled, according to a Gainesville Police Department arrest report.
Alachua County could get its first nationally certified "green" fire station by about February 2009.
The City Commission voted Monday night to punish drivers who exit city parking garages without paying their parking fee.
Decades before Sen. Barack Obama was a leading candidate for the presidency, he was a lot like many UF students: young, intelligent and curious.
Northwest Gainesville voters met at the polls Monday for the first day of the District 2 City Commission runoff election's early voting week.
At the intersection of U.S. Highway 19 and State Road 50, about an hour northwest of Tampa, a street marked by a paint-chipped sign with a peeling picture of a mermaid runs straight into the year 1947.
While nationwide gas prices may drop by 10 to 20 cents a gallon in the next two weeks, analysts estimate that they could rise again to more than $3.50 by June.
Construction projects will close down an unusually high number of roads in Gainesville this week.
Patrons packed themselves into the Alachua County Humane Society on Saturday to take advantage of Catapalooza.
The first time UF President Bernie Machen brought his father to the president's box for a Gators football game, his dad had only one request: to watch Auburn University play on TV while the Gators played on the field below.
Gainesville officials will soon review a proposal to install video cameras at intersections to help catch red-light runners.
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