Gainesville has not been hit by a major hurricane in the last decade, but the city wants to make sure residents are prepared for anything.
A UF professor put down his running shoes for a pair of wheels.
Interest in track and field, swimming and table tennis suddenly supersedes football, baseball and basketball for about two weeks every four years — when it’s time for the Olympics.
About five years after playing at the Common Grounds, previously located in the current High Dive building, The Legendary JC’s will return to Gainesville for a show Saturday.
Two distinguished professors from the Florida Museum of Natural History and UF received the 2016 Darwin-Wallace Medal from the Linnean Society of London last Tuesday for outstanding advances in the fields of evolutionary biology, according to a press release from the Florida Museum.
UF recently announced a veterinary senior won the national Bayer Excellence in Communication Award, becoming the first UF student to win the award.
The American Red Cross will be attending the Alachua County Animal Services’ Disaster Preparedness event Saturday to teach pet owners natural disaster preparedness.
The Florida Museum of Natural History will invite guests to dive into its sea turtle exhibit in celebration of World Sea Turtle Day on Saturday.
Gainesville Police arrested a local man Tuesday afternoon after they said he stole a Canon digital camera and a custom Huffy bicycle.
The Fresh Market will host its 22nd annual “Hope Floats” Sidewalk Sale from Friday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, an organization that funds Type 1 diabetes research.
The Seventh Annual Taste of Gainesville will host 36 vendors — its highest yet — as it raises money for four charities Sunday.
If you’re on the lookout for some life coaching, Dr. Ben Carson awoke from his slumber, yet again. Let’s see what message he brought to Fox News on Memorial Day: “America right now is like a cruise ship that is about to go off of Niagara Falls with tremendous carnage and death.” Hmm… Never mind. This sounds more like some nightmare he had after seeing “Titanic.” Anyway, we at the Alligator would never do you like that. We’d never give you up, let you down or run around and desert you. So, relax and fade away into our latest segment of…
My great-grandparents fought in Syria’s army in World War I for the Allied Powers, which eventually earned them an expedited path to U.S. citizenship. This historical anecdote allows me to account for my presence in the U.S., which I can do without kissing the ground on which I was born or giving thanks my family left its homeland.
If you thought of the last few accomplishments of President Barack Obama, what would come to your mind? It would probably be his visits to Cuba this past March and Japan just last week. The bottom line, though, is Obama’s past accomplishments have not been here in the U.S.
Southern California trio Eve 6 will make a stop in town Saturday as part of the group’s 2016 tour. Known for its 1998 hit “Inside Out,” the alternative rock band will perform its final Florida show in Gainesville at High Dive.
Eleven UF students will perform “Puffs; or, Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic,” a parody of a famous wizard story, this weekend.
Before I left the U.S., I did a ton of research on each city and country I planned to visit in order to ensure as much safety as possible. There were quite a few horror stories about being pick-pocketed in places like Paris, but I figured I’d just use common sense. And I don’t want to speak prematurely, but it worked.
What happens at Boca Fiesta stays at Boca Fiesta.
Over the last decade, Duppies has become a staple band on the Gainesville music scene. The band has long played at venues all over town and has even taken their show on the road up and down the East Coast. I sat down with lead vocalist and percussionist Brian Hiebel to talk the band’s start and success.
On Monday, the Florida men’s golf team finished the stroke-play portion of the NCAA Championship in Eugene, Oregon. The Gators posted a 17-over-par 297 in Round 4 and fell to 15th place at 43 over to end their season.
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