Police: Gainesville man brandished knife against officer
By Meryl Kornfield | Feb. 28, 2017A routine traffic stop Monday evening turned into a tense stand-off, Gainesville Police said.
A routine traffic stop Monday evening turned into a tense stand-off, Gainesville Police said.
A day after his wife’s burned body was found inside their mobile home, a man was found dead in his car Tuesday, an apparent gunshot wound through his head.
Ken Humphlett has already caught 71 of the 80 new Pokemon. On Feb. 16, Pokemon Go, a geo- caching app in which users collect digital creatures, otherwise known as Pokemon, rolled out its most significant update since its release in July. In addition to new Pokemon, the update features a number of new gameplay options such as interaction with the Pokemon themselves and customization options. Humphlett, 50, a Gainesville resident, said he plays the game with his five kids about three times each week.
Craig Carter is afraid of needles.
The past two months have exhausted Ana Guevara.
One in five people will experience mental illness while in middle or high school.
When A. Quinn Jones Sr. moved into his Gainesville home in 1925, the U.S. was still 29 years away from the birth of the civil rights movement.
The Citrus County Sheriff’s Office on Monday identified the man who was shot and killed by deputies after allegedly firing a rifle at the Sabal Trail Transmission pipeline and leading a car chase.
To Nam Diep, adding new and innovative choices to a menu is just another day at work.
Students in Karen Melvin’s kindergarten class cracked open brown and white eggs on Monday. Much to the surprise of some, the contents of the eggs were all the same color.
Following the sale of their building, Dough Religion restaurant and ooZoo bar will close this week.
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A bill introduced by Florida Sen. Keith Perry on Tuesday proposes a new check on federal courts.
Gainesville’s color and culture burst into life on South Main Street Sunday for the fourth annual Active Streets Gainesville celebration.
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.
Two Marion County Public Schools teachers were arrested this week for inappropriately touching students, the sheriff’s office said.
Despite the revocation of a memorandum allowing transgender students in public schools to use the bathroom of their choice, Gainesville remains a sanctuary, Mayor Lauren Poe said Thursday.
Andrea Berteit felt more comfortable growing up in East Berlin in the ’80s than she does living under President Donald Trump’s administration.
Aliya Miranda remembers standing in a sea of people as hundreds of thousands marched on Washington, D.C. in January.
Two protesters climbed into the 3-foot-wide entrance of the Sabal Trail pipeline early Wednesday morning, remaining for about six hours.