Martin Vassolo

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At Hand Camp in Starke, kids with disabilities find haven

People always stare at Cameron Haight’s hands.

Officials: Gunman killed after firing at Sabal Trail, fleeing law enforcement

A man wielding a high-powered rifle was shot and killed in Citrus County, Florida, on Sunday after firing at the Sabal Trail Transmission pipeline and leading local law enforcement on a car chase, authorities said.

‘We made it possible’: UF’s first black performer still singing

Standing in front of a nearly all-white crowd at UF’s Florida Field, a 15-year-old black boy belted out a song of exaltation.

Drunk driver kills UF student, injures two others at bus stop, police say

A UF student was killed and two others were injured Saturday night after a drunk driver hit them at a bus stop, police said.

2,000 gallons of raw sewage spill into creek at UF

Two thousand gallons of wastewater spilled into a UF creek that connects to Lake Alice on Sunday, prompting state officials to sanitize the affected area.

GPD: U-Haul driver hits mother, child in parking lot

A Gainesville man, possibly high on cans of dust cleaner, drove a U-Haul truck into a mother and her child Sunday, injuring both, Gainesville Police say.

Hundreds flock to Burrito Bros. day after news of closure

The line of customers Monday snaked from a cash register, around a table and out the door, where the grating hum of construction reminded Randy Akerson that his business, after 40 years, was going under.

Man shot dead by deputies 2 miles from UF campus

A man is dead following a deputy-involved shooting Friday night outside a Gainesville inn about 2 miles south of UF.

Gainesville greets, protests its new president

Outside Gainesville’s City Hall on Friday, only the sound of cars driving by could be heard.

ACSO: 16 students charged after Eastside High School brawl

Sixteen Eastside High School students have been charged following a large brawl at the Gainesville school Wednesday, which left one Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputy injured and forced the school into a modified lockdown.

March for Science

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Amol Patadia, a 20-year-old UF biomedical engineering sophomore, rakes fallen leaves behind the home of a visually impaired woman in Gainesville’s Porters Community on Saturday as a part of The Big Event, a daylong service event organized by UF Student Government. About 760 students participated at about 45 locations across Gainesville. 

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Anissa Flowers, a 19-year-old UF biology freshman, rakes fallen leaves outside a home in Gainesville’s Porters Community as a part of The Big Event, a daylong service day organized by UF Student Government. She was one of about 760 students to participate at about 45 locations across the city.  

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Mitchell George, 54, loads his pickup truck with a rusted bicycle outside an elderly Gainesville woman’s home on Saturday. George, who lives in the city’s Porters Community, hauled away junk UF students cleared from the woman’s home as a part of UF Student Government’s inaugural The Big Event, a service day involving about 760 students and about 45 locations throughout Gainesville.  

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GiGi Simmons, 44, drives around Gainesville’s Porters Community overseeing about 10 groups of UF students as they volunteered outside residents’ homes on Saturday. It was a part of UF Student Government’s inaugural The Big Event, a daylong service event in which about 760 students volunteered at about 45 locations across Gainesville.

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Anissa Flowers, a 19-year-old UF biology freshman, rakes fallen leaves outside a home in Gainesville’s Porters Community as a part of The Big Event, a daylong service day organized by UF Student Government. She was one of about 760 students to participate at about 45 locations across the city. 

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Mitchell George, 54, loads his pickup truck with a rusted bicycle outside an elderly Gainesville woman’s home on Saturday. George, who lives in the city’s Porters Community, hauled away junk UF students cleared from the woman’s home as a part of UF Student Government’s inaugural The Big Event, a service day involving about 760 students and about 45 locations throughout Gainesville. 

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Mamie Leath, 89, watches as UF students help clear fallen leaves from her home in Gainesville’s Porters Community on Saturday as a part of UF Student Government’s inaugural The Big Event. Leath said she felt grateful the students volunteered their time clearing her yard of leaves and miscellaneous junk, like rusted bicycles and an armchair. 

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GiGi Simmons, 44, drives around Gainesville’s Porters Community overseeing about 10 groups of UF students as they volunteered outside residents’ homes on Saturday. It was a part of UF Student Government’s inaugural The Big Event, a daylong service event in which about 760 students volunteered at about 45 locations across Gainesville.

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Mamie Leath, 89, watches as UF students help clear fallen leaves from her home in Gainesville’s Porters Community on Saturday as a part of UF Student Government’s inaugural The Big Event. Leath said she felt grateful the students volunteered their time clearing her yard of leaves and miscellaneous junk, like rusted bicycles and an armchair.