As fans poured into Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Saturday night for the UF versus Florida Atlantic University match-up, UF alumnus Don Crews celebrated a milestone few Gators only dream of achieving.
If you drive 20 minutes south from Gainesville on U.S. 441 and hang a left just before the "Welcome to Marion County" sign, you'll end up on a narrow, two-lane road that seems to take you back in time.
Hot off a remark she made Sunday in Sarasota about drilling in the Everglades, Michele Bachmann said she was "aghast" at the notion that she was taken out of context.
A middle-aged father, covered in faded tattoos and muscles softened by time, watches toddlers play in a stairwell shaded by a government-subsidized apartment.
Amanda Orozco used to do pull-ups every day in front of a window that looked directly out on her dream.
For those who believe all dogs go to heaven, there is a place that sends family pets into the afterlife in the most dignified way possible.
Twelve years after moving to Florida, UF senior Bertrhude Albert crossed country lines once again to return to her home - Haiti.
Money earned from selling an unwanted textbook can sometimes equal the cost of a few Ramen noodle dinners.
The 5.8-magnitude earthquake that shook the East Coast on Tuesday seems to have left all Gators unharmed.
At 7:30 Friday morning, David Habib was lugging his mini fridge up four flights of stairs, eager to begin the next four years of his life.
On Jessica Hall's first day of school as a senior at UF, she forgot her umbrella. So, naturally, it was destined to rain on her way to class.
Talk to anybody who has grown up in the North, and they will surely regale you with fond memories of catching lightning bugs on warm summer nights. Ask born-and-raised Floridians, and they'll stare blankly as no memories come to mind.
The race is over.
The Florida Department of Health announced Tuesday the Emergency Suspension Orders of 14 medical practitioners and one pharmacy. One of the suspensions was handed down to local certified nursing assistant Melinda Lawanna Bryant.
Skirts fluttered and flew with the turns as couples young and old glided across the wood floors of the Thelma A. Boltin Center to a range of music from Elvis Presley's "Return To Sender" to Frank Sinatra's "The Tender Trap."
The convenience of Netflix will now cost members a pretty penny.
Any other time, this may have been grounds for a call to child services. But on Friday night, it was all part of the show.
Jennifer Aldrich and Jon MacAllister say the Internet helped them start a promising relationship. It also helped them start a promising business.
The salty aroma of fresh seafood churned in the cool breeze blowing across the St. Johns River as children laughed and screamed out of joy or fear - and sometimes both - as carnival staff pushed mobile thrill rides to their limits.
The Gainesville chapter of Veterans for Peace erected more than 6,000 tombstones along a mile of Northwest Eighth Avenue between Northwest 34th Street and Northwest 23rd Street this Memorial Day weekend.
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