Gainesville charities hoping to take part in Giving Tuesday
By Robyn Wilbar | Nov. 28, 2016Following the start of the holiday shopping season, Gainesville nonprofits hope they are the recipients in a global day of giving.
Following the start of the holiday shopping season, Gainesville nonprofits hope they are the recipients in a global day of giving.
Following Black Friday, some shoppers in Gainesville turned to their tablets, phones and laptops to find digital deals for holiday shopping.
After being pulled over for speeding early Monday morning, a Gainesville man tried to put an officer in a headlock and wound up in jail, Gainesville Police said.
Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Waldo woman Tuesday in connection to a handwritten bomb threat found in UF’s New Engineering Building last week.
Early Saturday morning, Pedro Luis Perez screamed until he lost his voice.
For UF professor Stephen Craig, Thanksgiving dinner provided more than a whiff of homemade food — it was a breath of fresh air following a divisive election cycle.
As he led police on a mile-long chase Thursday, a Gainesville man waved a newspaper out of his car window and nearly hit someone with his car, Gainesville Police said.
Fresh from Thanksgiving Break, Gainesville was in a merry mood Sunday.
After being denied from purchasing a gun earlier this month, a Muslim Santa Fe College student believes his religion motivated the Gainesville Bass Pro Shops to turn him away.
On Saturday, Gainesville residents can come together to spend a day in the 1870s.
Two days after the general election, a man from High Springs, Florida, punched a Hispanic gas station employee in the back of the head, claiming the attack was “for Donald Trump,” Gainesville Police said.
Next month, Gainesville’s Butler Plaza North will welcome a new restaurant.
Soon enough, UF students won’t have to travel far from campus to grab a Big Mac and some french fries.
A Newberry, Florida, woman was arrested Friday after threatening to run over her friend, who was concerned about her following the presidential election, the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office said.
A new music venue focused on live recordings is set to open this spring.
Nick Antonelli, 29, silently marched across UF’s campus Friday to show support for lives lost in the transgender community.
During an otherwise peaceful march against President-elect Donald Trump, which drew more than 1,000 people Saturday, a small fight broke out between a Trump supporter and an apparent protester.
Jeremiah Tattersall pointed to Gainesville’s anti-discrimination plaque inside City Hall on Thursday.
While many students, professors and residents go home to a turkey dinner next week, others won’t be as lucky.
Five people were seriously injured in a flaming crash Thursday morning after a 16-year-old crashed his car into a tree in the Robinson Heights neighborhood, Florida Highway Patrol said.