Skip to Content, Navigation, or Footer.
We inform. You decide.
Wednesday, May 21, 2025

El Caimán

NEWS

Fishing in Flooded Waters

Matthew Lee, 15, of Live Oak, uses a net to fish on flooded Dowling Park Road in Dowling Park, Fla., as the Suwanee River rose to its highest level on record. Lee's father fished on flooded roadways when the river flooded in the 1970s.


METRO

About 7,000 lose power

A fault in underground distribution lines caused power loss for about 7,000 residences and businesses in the area surrounding the intersection of East University Avenue and Waldo Road Friday, according to Gainesville Regional Utilities spokesman Dan Clark. Clark said faults on underground lines are rare because compared to above-ground lines, they are safer from storms and trees bumping into them.


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  COLUMNS

U.S. and Cuba must forge relationship

For the past 50 years our country has all but ignored Cuba's existence. We've placed a trade embargo on the island nation, only harming our own farmers and other exporters, and we've gone as far to place travel restrictions on the country, punishing Cuban-Americans and hindering our travel industry.


Florida Alligator
SPORTS  |  FOOTBALL

Watkins becomes 10th 2010 commit

The Gators picked up their 10th oral commitment of the 2010 recruiting class Friday, adding to the quick start the team has already made toward building next year's class.



Powered by SNworks Solutions by The State News
All Content © 2025 The Independent Florida Alligator and Campus Communications, Inc.