Metro General Assignment Reporter Logan McBride is a fourth-year journalism student and this summer's general assignment reporter. He previously served as a reporter for the city/county commission, K-12 education and track & field. Logan enjoys watching sports, going to the movies and playing basketball. When he's not working, you can find him on adventures with his friends, cuddling with his cat Max, or with his girlfriend.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill June 12 to further establish the GRU Authority’s control over Gainesville Regional Utilities, putting what could be the final cap on a yearslong battle.
The state of Florida executed 74-year-old Dusty Ray Spencer at 6:10 p.m. for the 1992 murder of his wife, 40-year-old Karen Spencer.
Alachua County Public Schools mailed a series of letters to families across the county in May, signaling a new chapter for the district — and thousands of students within it. Around 3,200 students were rezoned to a new school for the 2026-27 academic year.
With the UF Board of Trustees’ unanimous approval of finalist Stuart Bell on Wednesday, UF took one step further in its presidential approval process for the candidate.
On a warm, partly cloudy Saturday, Gainesville residents sang along through the Florida heat to Tom Petty’s “Won’t Back Down.” But it wasn’t a gameday in the Swamp stirring the song.
Every year, Gainesville residents are welcomed into summer by bug-splattered windshields and black-speckled walls — a sign of one of Florida’s most notorious seasonal occurrences: lovebugs.
Tucked in the corner of Gainesville’s Sidney Lanier Center campus between rows of vegetables and strawberries, students nurture a growing garden — and blossom alongside it.
Cheers echoed through Gainesville’s City Hall Plaza as Mayor Harvey Ward welcomed residents to the newly renovated, more open public space.
Layla Haynes’ record-breaking 1500-meter run stole the spotlight as Florida track and field compiled an impressive slate of wins, personal bests and podium finishes in the East Coast Relays.
With just a few weeks to go until the start of the SEC Outdoor Championships, Gators track and field athletes rewrote program record books at two different meets this weekend, setting marks in Gainesville and North Carolina.
Protestors demonstrate outside of Raiford State Prison, Thursday, June 25, 2026.
Mayor Harvey Ward is among those at the ribbon cutting for the renovated Gainesville City Hall Plaza Friday, May 8, 2026.
A man sits on a scooter protesting against the creation of Wildflowers Music Park in Melrose, Fla., Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026.
Attendees gather at a public workshop about the Citizens Field Revitalization project on May 29, 2025.
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