Businesses across Gainesville benefited from Small Business Saturday, which encouraged customers to support independent, locally owned businesses. The day-after-Black-Friday event was promoted on social media and has gained traction in the past few years.
Gainesville Police arrested a local man Saturday afternoon after officers reported he threatened a man with a baseball bat and a toy gun.
Despite the three years that remain in his term, for all intents and purposes, it appears that Barack Obama’s time as president is over. Some may feel sadness and disappointment, others pure jubilation. Regardless of how you feel about the president and his policies, the notion that someone’s presidency could effectively end three years before it should is damaging to the American government and our country.
The annual College Destination Index by the American Institute for Economic Research ranked Gainesville the fifth small metro area in the country for 2013-2014.
Forget Black Friday — it’s Black Furday if you ask Puppy Hill Farm Animal Rescue.
A new fast-food seafood restaurant has been reeling in business partially thanks to social media and a tie to UF.
Thanksgiving break will impact most Regional Transit System bus routes from Wednesday until Friday.
Two shoplifters were arrested Monday afternoon after they attacked an employee and led police officers on a chase through Butler Plaza.
Bo Diddley Community Plaza will remain thawed-out for at least the sixth consecutive year.
American Jews are preparing for even more celebration this Thanksgiving, as it also falls on the second night of Hanukkah.
Students leaving town should be extra vigilant while driving during Thanksgiving Break. Florida Highway Patrol troopers will be, too.
One bouncer’s shift turned into a chase across UF’s campus this weekend after police reported an Ocala man stole more than $1,000 in cover charges.
Google and Microsoft are partnering to tackle the global problem of online child pornography, and some UF students are happy with the companies’ efforts.
Gainesville Police arrested five people after an undercover prostitution sting Friday.
Locals are getting into the spirit of giving back as nonprofit organizations prepare for the holidays.
Brittnie Baker binge-watched “Orange Is The New Black” on Netflix in two days. She has run a half marathon, traveled to 13 countries and knows almost every word to “Legally Blonde.”
Traffic was rerouted for about two hours Thursday afternoon after a woman ran into a bicyclist with her vehicle in front of Cabana Beach Apartments, 1601 SW 51st Terrace.
Some Gainesville bikers are getting cranky about Thanksgiving, but it’s OK — it’s for charity.
Twenty-seven years ago, a grocery store chain funded the building of Gainesville’s American Cancer Society Winn-Dixie Hope Lodge for cancer patients and their families. On Thursday night, the same chain provided its first Thanksgiving dinner for current residents.
Homelessness and water protection surfaced as recurring themes on Wednesday when residents and officials gathered at the Santa Fe Kirkpatrick Center for the Alachua County legislative delegation hearing.
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