GPD arrests man after he runs, throws cocaine away for him during chase
By Kyle Follansbee | May 21, 2014Gainesville Police arrested a man after he ran from officers and threw a 1.4-gram tube of cocaine to the side of the road, officials said.
Gainesville Police arrested a man after he ran from officers and threw a 1.4-gram tube of cocaine to the side of the road, officials said.
When Gildas Dousset received his tuition bill, it was nearly four times as high as it was supposed to be.
Starting in June, anyone with an Xbox will have access to popular online entertainment applications through their console without needing to purchase an Xbox Live Gold Membership.
Don’t delete any selfies from the boardwalk at Loblolly Woods Nature Park — you may have to wait about five months to snap another one.
We know Spring Fever — a general increase in energy and sexual appetite — is definitely a thing, but it seemed this week that sudden-loud-and-horrible-opinions-from-old-white-guys fever is a thing, too. From “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak coming out over Twitter as a global-warming truther (and inexplicably calling global warming “alarmists” unpatriotic and racist?) to a Florida representative claiming that the Common Core is part of the “gay agenda,” we’re left scratching our heads. So this one goes out to all irrelevant game show hosts and bigots with microphones: our keep-calm-but-maybe-don’t-carry-on? edition of Darts & Laurels
Riders who usually pay the $3 fee for an All Day bus pass will receive one for no cost on Wednesday.
A Gainesville-based animal research group working in the Solomon Islands near Papua New Guinea recently encountered something no one had seen in years — the New Georgian Monkey-Faced Fruit Bat.
Starting May 31, Gainesville will see nine days of no sales tax intended to help residents stock up on supplies for the hurricane season.
In two years, Depot Avenue will have roundabouts, landscaping and decorative lighting. But for now, it’s closed to traffic for construction.
In several states, texting 911 for help is the newest way to summon police, but Florida is not among them.
Gainesville Police arrested two men and a woman for having .4 grams of cocaine, a crack pipe, weed and giving a false ID after a traffic stop on Sunday, officials said.
Despite consumer concerns about General Motors Co., Gainesville dealerships have felt little to no impact after recent recalls.
Gainesville Police arrested a man carrying 14.37 grams of meth Wednesday after he fled a three-car crash scene at The Polos apartment complex, officials said.
Tap the app, click the car, pick the driver and rate him or her after. Customers can ride in an UberX vehicle in more than 50 major U.S. cities, but Gainesville is not among them.
Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man Monday after he walked into his estranged wife’s Alachua house and tried to shoot her boyfriend, deputies said.
Gainesville web design startup Parisleaf announced Tuesday it will be pulling up some roots at its University Avenue location and replanting them in Gainesville’s Innovation Square over summer.
As many students headed home for summer break or locked themselves in Library West to study for finals, two Gainesville residents dashed to open a restaurant close to campus.
By day, Gainesville resident Dianne Farb is a practicing attorney, but by night, she trades her legal name in for her pen name, Rebecca Heflin, and writes romance novels.
On a college student’s budget, Chipotle’s recent price increase could mean a lot.
Gainesville residents are reacting to the news that the Food and Drug Administration will begin regulating the sale of e-cigarettes.