About seven months into his stay at the Alachua County Jail, an alleged bank thief was caught Tuesday plotting an escape, the sheriff’s office said.
Renovations at Alachua County Animal Services are behind schedule, which means less space for incoming animals.
For the past decade, downtown Gainesville, with its noisy bars and drunken crowds, has been characterized by a less well-known sound: the clip-clopping of police horses.
Raise a cup of Cuban coffee to UF men’s basketball today.
“Old Joe,” a statue of a Confederate soldier, isn’t standing on solid ground.
President Donald Trump’s travel ban still weighs heavily on the minds of three panelists who discussed prejudice against people of Muslim faith Tuesday night.
Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect that the criminal charges against Joey N. Friedman were dismissed and the case closed.
On a holiday when American presidents are celebrated, protesters in Gainesville carried handmade signs and stood in opposition to President Donald Trump.
In a span of two days last week, the Alachua County Sheriff’s office lost a former Lieutenant and a 911 dispatcher, one to illness and the other to suicide.
A Florida man pulled out a gun and aimed it at an officer Sunday, Gainesville Police said. The officer fired at him twice but missed.
An Alachua man broke into a home through a window Sunday and was found by the homeowner while he was laying in her bed, Alachua Police said.
Editor's note: Fuentes' charges were dismissed on April 5, according to Alachua County Court records.
Two brothers were arrested Friday in connection to 39 car burglaries in Haile Plantation and Blues Creek, the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office and Gainesville Police said.
Gary Langford’s trumpet communicated grief for a fallen friend Saturday.
A P.F. Chang’s China Bistro will be among the new restaurants added to Butler Town Center in the fall of 2018.
In the last two weeks, The Ridge at Gainesville has been the scene of two deaths.
When UF professor Arnoldo Valle heard immigrants across the nation planned to strike on Thursday, the Mexican native canceled his classes.
A night downtown ended abruptly when a Gainesville man was arrested for driving while his blood alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit, Gainesville Police said.
After a 50-hour search for a plane that went missing over the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Coast Guard suspended efforts to locate the plane and its passengers Tuesday.
In Jonny Howard’s backyard, a 50-gallon barrel is catching raindrops off his rooftop.
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