On the first day of Spring Break, UF students — most of them miles from Gainesville — woke up to UF Alerts about crime in the city.
Gainesville Police are looking for a mystery man suspected of peeing on at least four unsuspecting victims, which prompted a UF Alert sent to faculty, staff and students Wednesday afternoon.
Before you check in at the Infirmary, the Student Health Care Center needs to check you out.
Craig Carter wants to get down to business. That’s one of the reasons he’s running in Tuesday’s election for Gainesville City Commission District 3.
The Gators have struggled to hit for power throughout non-conference play this season, but they needed a couple big hits to secure their first series sweep of 2014.
Even though she grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Gainesville will always be her home.
To Helen K. Warren, holding political office is a lot like buying a house. To make the buyers happy, a realtor has to listen to what clients need, find solutions to problems that arise and negotiate a compromise.
Mark Venzke has turned his energy to utilities reform.
Ole Miss right-hander Carly Hummel could not slow down the Gators on Sunday.
If there is money going into or coming from the City Commission, Donald Shepherd Sr. wants to understand how and why each cent is allocated.
Annie Orlando sat in her office holding a purple tote bag advertising her City Commission At-Large Seat 2 campaign screenprinted on the front.
On Feb. 21, 2007, the Gators cut down the nets in the O’Connell Center to celebrate their Southeastern Conference title despite having three more regular season games on the schedule.
After two games in as many days, fifth-seeded Florida was bounced from the Southeastern Conference Tournament by No. 12 Kentucky on Friday following a strong showing against Mississippi State on Thursday.
Sophomore Gordon Watson showcased his skills Sunday when he defeated No. 55 ranked Tsvetan Mihov in three sets to clinch Florida’s 4-2 win against South Carolina at the Ring Tennis Complex on Sunday.
Diving hasn’t been one of the strengths for Florida’s No.1 men’s (8-0, 5-0 Southeastern Conference) or No. 8 women’s (5-3, 3-2 SEC) swimming and diving teams in recent years.
UF’s College of Journalism and Communications is opening a news reading room at Library West.
The first vote Sheryl Eddie’s youngest daughter casts will be for her mom. At least, Eddie hopes so.
Three years ago, Todd Chase ran for City Commission because of his mother. A retiree living on a fixed income, Chase’s mother felt the bite of Gainesville’s fire assessment fee, which was adopted by the commission in 2010 to plug a hole in the budget.
Win or lose, District 2 candidate and former UF Faculty Senate chairwoman Cheri Brodeur will soon say goodbye to the university. She plans to retire in 2015.
USA Today reported Sunday that Florida remains the go-to Spring Break destination for American students, and for good reason. South Florida residents live in a perennial tropical paradise, which explains why so many people from New York and New Jersey tend to retire — read: drive badly and complain about the lack of good pizza — there. And, of course, Panama City Beach in the panhandle remains a popular Spring Break destination, famous for its cheap accommodations, wild beach parties and inevitable drunken falling-off-balconies incidents.
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