During the fierce, Dallas stadium-packed football game between the Gators and the Wolverines on Saturday, some UF fans opted to spend the day painting ceramic helmets.
Gainesville firefighters took off their boots this weekend to fill them with more than $21,000 in cash.
I studied and worked hard all my life toward a goal that felt more like a dream because when you are undocumented, going to college is practically impossible. (Yes, I am an undocumented student at UF; I am real.) Despite that fact, I continued to push to be at the top of my class, continued to work toward my dream because I was determined to make it a reality. In 2012, former President Barack Obama changed my life and solidified my plans to go to college with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. At the beginning of my senior year, I was ready to begin my scholarship search and college application, but I was not aware that it would be different from my other peers. I went from person to person with questions on how to answer parts of applications, but no one understood my situation and exposing my status as an undocumented student was risky for my family and me. I filled out a Bright Futures application and went to meetings about FAFSA only to find out that I was ineligible for both. Although people did not understand my situation, I never lost the hope that Obama gave me with the implementation of DACA, and I finally received scholarships from my high school’s foundation that now help me pay for tuition, an opportunity that most are not fortunate enough to receive. In May, I graduated third in my class with a high school and associate's degree on my way to higher education ready to create a better future for myself and the world.
Sweet Mel’s was more than just a restaurant for Charles Gustine.
When Seyi Falade left New York City last year to help her father run the family business in Gainesville, she was returning to a place she considered welcoming.
When William Bryson pictures the new Florida Theater, he sees actors and bands onstage.
With broth dripping from his chin and about 8 pounds of pho in his stomach, Michael Jenkins left Gainesville on Thursday as a champion, again.
The former director of the UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Plant Science Research and Education Unit was arrested last Friday, Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office said.
A Gainesville man riding a motorized tricycle died in an accident on Wednesday, Gainesville Police said.
With a hot glue gun in one hand and black fabric in another, Kassandra Bringuier brought to life the face of a cosplay creature she had created Wednesday.
From more than 260 miles away, about 25 Gainesville residents watched and listened Wednesday as four Palm Beach panelists spoke about opioids in Florida.
Billy Dean is coming to Gainesville to make Katie Slay’s final wish come true.
The body of a man recently found in Newnans Lake was identified by Alachua County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday.
Although Hogtown Creek Headwaters Nature Park was closed Monday, it will reopen by the end of fall with new equipment.
A Gainesville teenager was arrested Tuesday morning in connection to a drive-by shooting that occurred Friday night, Gainesville Police said.
Last week, for the first time in 19 months, a Florida man who was sentenced to die was killed by the state.
Nearly two thousand miles usually distances UF from Texas, but the distance vanished this week.
Dear Dennis,
After Marion County Sheriff's Office deputies pulled over a man on Saturday for speeding, he worked his butt off to hide money in his rectum.
Despite sweeping cuts to Alachua County arts programs from the state, for the Hippodrome State Theatre, the show must go on.
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