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Josiah T. Walls, 1842-1905, was Florida’s first African American representative. He is the only person in Alachua County’s history to serve as the Gainesville mayor, a county commissioner, a school board member, a state senator and a U.S. congressman.

METRO

A forgotten obituary: The life of Josiah T. Walls

By Paige Fry | Apr. 23, 2019

A Gainesville businessman and Florida’s first black representative

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Police arrest third man involved in Rose Food Store shooting

By Katherine Wallace-Fernandez | Apr. 23, 2019

He has an $800,000 bond

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Man accused of shooting 20-year-old, hiding body in Micanopy

By Katherine Wallace-Fernandez | Apr. 22, 2019

He was charged with homicide

Sierra Brooks won her match over Ole Miss’ Ellen Hutchinson-Key 5 and 3 at the SEC Women’s Golf Championship on Saturday. She never trailed in the match.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS GOLF

Florida stunned on playoff hole in quarterfinals

By Victor Prieto | Apr. 21, 2019

Marta Perez was in a difficult situation.

Florida coach Tim Walton was ejected on Saturday after arguing a force play at third base.

SPORTS | SOFTBALL

UF's offensive woes manifest against 'Bama

By Mark Stine | Apr. 21, 2019

The UF softball team was trying to avoid the sweep as it trailed 3-0 in the sixth inning on Saturday. Sophia Reynoso and Alex Voss stood on second and third with one out, presenting Florida’s best scoring opportunity of the day against Alabama.

UF men's tennis coach Bryan Shelton said he was proud of the way his team fought through adversity in its 4-1 win over Florida State.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS TENNIS

Florida has some questions to answer after tourney loss

By Noah Ram | Apr. 21, 2019

There was still a feeling of shock around the Florida men’s tennis team, even an hour after its 4-3 loss to Tennessee.

Midfielder Shannon Kavanagh recorded a career-high eight points and 13 draw controls in Florida's 16-5 win over UConn on Saturday.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS LACROSSE

Kavanagh, second-half surge keeps Gators undefeated in conference play

By Bryan Matamoros | Apr. 21, 2019

The Florida lacrosse team is streaking at the right time.

[FILE PHOTO] 35-year-old Lilliemarie Gore leads students of Idylwild Elementary School through a series of math exercises. Mrs. Gore was awarded the title of "2017-2018 Alachua County Teacher of the Year" earlier this month.

METRO

'You can’t be colorblind in the classroom anymore': How Alachua County Public Schools plans to close the achievement gap

By Ana Escalante | Apr. 21, 2019

Public school system created a plan to help students of color

Pitcher Tommy Mace struck out nine batters in seven innings against LSU in a 16-9 win on Thursday. It was the Gators' first SEC road win. Mace leads the team in wins (seven), innings pitched (63.2) and strikeouts (57).

SPORTS | BASEBALL

Pitchers struggle, Florida drops fourth-straight SEC road series

By Kyle Wood | Apr. 21, 2019

The Florida baseball team finally won an SEC road game on Thursday night.

NEWS

The Alligator Summer 2019 Staff Applications

Apr. 21, 2019

Applications to join the Summer 2019 staff are due May 1.

The Seagle Building was built in the 1920s, but construction was resumed in 1936 after delays caused by the Great Depression. It never served as a hotel, despite being built for this purpose.

METRO

Century structures: The names behind long-standing local buildings

By April Rubin | Apr. 21, 2019

Decades ago, a half-built hotel was completed and used for government research. A successful hardware store is now home to a local music venue.

UF junior Grant Holloway ran the 60-meter hurdles in 7.43 seconds at the Tyson Invitational. The time was one millisecond off of his personal record.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS TRACK

UF begins difficult stretch with solid outing at LSU

By Graham Marsh | Apr. 21, 2019

The LSU Alumni Gold Meet featured two of the three best 4x100-meter relay teams in the country: No. 1 LSU (38.41) and No. 3 Florida (38.69). The Gators relay consists of juniors Grant Holloway and Raymond Ekevwo, sophomore Hakim Sani Brown and senior Ryan Clark.

Senior Gordon Neale is tied for 15th in The Goodwin tournament.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS GOLF

Strong final round leads Gators to third-place finish

By Bryan Matamoros | Apr. 21, 2019

The Florida men’s golf team entered the final round of the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate in fourth place at 20 over.

Bulls Dabke performs a traditional Levantine dance at Students for Justice in Palestine’s second annual Middle Eastern Fashion Show on Sunday. The group traveled from the University of South Florida to take part in the event. More than 100 people attended the fashion show, watched the dance performance and ate traditional Palestinian food.

NEWS | CAMPUS

U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib speaks at second Middle Eastern Fashion Show

By Nushrat Nur | Apr. 21, 2019

More than 100 people attended.

Shannon Moriarty, a 20-year-old UF art history junior, created a SpongeBob SquarePants meme after hearing loud noise from the Garth Brooks concert and soundcheck. She posted it on the Swampy memes for top 10 public teens Facebook group page.

NEWS | CAMPUS

‘All I could hear was Garth Brooks’: UF students react to concert in the Swamp

By Taylor Girtman | Apr. 21, 2019

UF reserved 16 parking areas for $25 to $50 for the concert

A view of St. Sebastian's Church damaged in blast in Negombo, north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 21, 2019. More than hundred were killed and hundreds more hospitalized with injuries from eight blasts that rocked churches and hotels in and just outside of Sri Lanka's capital on Easter Sunday, officials said, the worst violence to hit the South Asian country since its civil war ended a decade ago. (AP Photo/Chamila Karunarathne)

OPINION | EDITORIALS

We mourn along with Sri Lanka

Apr. 21, 2019

Easter, a day of celebration for Christians all over the world, turned into a day of mourning after three churches in three Sri Lankan cities were torn apart by bombs, wreaking havoc on families and friends in worship. The bombings have killed at least 207 people and injured 450 people. Officials believe the attacks, which also included bombings at high-end hotels in Sri Lanka, were carried out by suicide bombers in a coordinated act of terrorism.