At 3:35 p.m. the 911 communication center operator received a call about a disturbed and upset person on the bridge. The center received several calls after, and an ACSO officer was sent to the scene before the man jumped.
Despite a hard-fought victory for the Gators Friday, there was one true star of opening night — Florida Ballpark.
After an opening weekend that didn’t go as planned, the Gators will look to ride the momentum of a midweek sweep of North Florida as they host Samford for three games.
Florida will look to win its third straight tournament this weekend in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Florida gets a large chunk of its lineup back to face No. 18 Auburn. The meet starts at 8:15 p.m. and will stream on SEC Network.
Dooley blocks eight and records six kills in three-set victory versus Tennessee.
Following the crash, the toddler was rushed to UF Health Shands Hospital in critical condition, according to a Gainesville Police Department press release. He died as a result of his injuries shortly after arriving there.
Star centerfielder Jud Fabian broke out of his early season slump in a huge way Wednesday, hammering two home runs as Florida sweep UNF to move to 3-2
There were 6,650 total ballots cast, Supervisor of Elections Haley Price announced on a live stream Wednesday evening. Student Body President-elect Cooper Brown and Student Body Vice President-elect Faith Maniti won with 4,629 votes, or 69.78% of the vote. Student Body Treasurer-elect Giovanna Mompremier won with 4,515 votes, or 68.85%.
Santa Fe’s total number of reported positive cases is now 687, according to a report provided by Santa Fe spokesperson Jay Anderson. Since Feb. 1, the college’s weekly confirmed positive COVID-19 cases have decreased each week.
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Gator Mania was one of the last local family-owned UF merchandise stores in Gainesville. In the last year, the city has seen the closing of many other staple businesses near the university, such as The Swamp restaurant and Daybreak Pleasant Street.
The Gators will play their sixth straight home game when they face UNF on Thursday evening.
Florida is 51-13 all time against the Volunteers.
On Saturday, about 80 UF students gathered outside the Reitz Union and walked to Prayers By Faith Family Ministries, the original location of Gainesville’s NAACP chapter, in honor of Gainesville’s Black history.
Miami Heat player Udonis Haslem and former Gators football players Kyle Trask and Kyle Pitts endorsed the Change Party's Student Body presidential candidate Wynton White along with other UF athletes. Kansas City Chiefs punter Tommy Townsend showed support for the Gator Party candidate Cooper Brown.
The first day of voting for the UF Student Government Spring Election included some technical difficulties, short lines and about an 80% decrease in voter turnout from last Spring's election.
Gainesville City Commissioner and MTPO Chair David Arreola exchanged excited glances with the other commissioners in the room upon hearing this news. Gaining jurisdictional control over the taste road has been a priority of Gainesville's for the past month.
UF’s COVID-19 cases for students and staff continue to fall in daily positive results and quarantines.
There are 17 active student cases and four active staff cases as of Tuesday afternoon. These cases represent students and staff who have reported a positive test result to ACPS within the past 10 days.
Algunas de las clases en persona de UF, que comienzan el 28 de junio, regresará a los niveles normales de capacidad
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