After an action-packed three years that included bringing hundreds of jobs to Gainesville and diffusing Quran-burning threats, Mayor Craig Lowe says he’s ready to take reins of the city once again.
Pete Johnson wants to take Gainesville from good to great.
At the Broken Shelves bookstore last week, tattered copies of dog-eared paperbacks overflowed from cardboard containers as hundreds of boxes packed the store.
St. Patrick’s Day may fall on Sunday this year, but green tinsel and shamrocks can already be spotted around Gainesville.
As a former City Commissioner, Scherwin L. Henry is going back into politics to finish what he started.
After two days, white smoke from the Sistine Chapel signaled the end of the search for a new pope.
Ed Braddy is a back-to-the-basics guy who thinks Gainesville needs new leadership.
With less than a week until Tuesday’s Gainesville city election, candidates discussed local business, the soft closing of bars, utility rates and homelessness Wednesday night.
Race enthusiasts are burning rubber to get to Gainesville this weekend for the 44th Annual NHRA Gatornationals competition.
Randy Wells says he needs three more years to get the job done.
Every Friday for the past 25 years, W. E. “Mac” McEachern has been meeting with friends at breakfast restaurants around Gainesville.
Lazy foodies — rejoice!
Bringing a gun to school is not something teachers nationwide would want in their job descriptions, and Gainesville teachers are no exception.
Florida State University students will get their Girl Scout Cookies cheaper than the Gators.
With more than 7,700 lakes, 700 springs and 825 miles of sandy beaches, people might not believe water is depleted in Florida.
An argument about a boyfriend led to the arrest of a Gainesville woman Monday after she allegedly attacked another woman and threatened her with various sharp objects.
When Carole Dunne worked long hours at a rehabilitation facility, she said, her boss expected her to go in early and stay late. She was never paid for her overtime work.
UF student Guy Ginton may not need medical marijuana, but he supports it for people who do.
Alfredo Espinosa may not be the obvious person to run for City Commission, but that isn’t stopping him.
At a joint county and City Commission meeting Monday, officials and citizens brainstormed ideas for what a proposed homelessness resources center housed in a former jail might look like.
Solutions by The State News
