On March 5, nonprofit organization Invisible Children Inc. posted a short film on YouTube about Joseph Kony, leader of African rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army.
Shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday, two men stepped into a Stoneridge Apartments living room, their faces masked by bandannas, holding guns.
Susan Fairforest stood in front of the Gainesville City Commission dressed in a floor-length black dress.
Tensions ran high Thursday night as a commissioner questioned a fellow commissioner’s decision to start his own website about the city’s biomass contract.
The Gainesville Public Safety Committee decided Wednesday to ask the City Commission to let downtown food trucks and other vendors stay open until 3 a.m. and to let businesses sell alcohol on a parking lot there.
Voter turnout in the city runoff election Tuesday was at a typical low, attracting about 14 percent of the 72,176 registered voters.
A fire at Satchel’s Pizza on Tuesday night forced the evacuation of 25 customers and could keep the restaurant closed for up to six weeks.
Students planning to leave early for Spring Break should be wary of possible traffic on Interstate 75 Wednesday night.
Club XS will close its doors for the last time Thursday, but the spot will reopen after the break under a new name.
Leap years could become a thing of the past if a new calendar proposed by Johns Hopkins University professors is adopted.
Lauren Poe was elected to the at-large 1 seat of the Commission Tuesday night with 5,713 votes — 56.64 percent of the total voters. His opponent, Nathan Skop, received 4,374 votes — 43.36 percent.
The Town Crier will be live tweeting the Gainesville City Commission runoff elections tonight. Follow us at @gvilletowncrier for by-the-minute coverage of the election results.
Willie A. Williams, 52, of 1915 NE 17th Drive, was arrested and charged with aggravated battery and aggravated assault.
The polls will be open today from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The family and friends of Molly Ammon are using Facebook to educate students about how to prevent alcohol poisoning.
U.S. Marshals arrested a violent fugitive Monday in Gainesville after tracking him for six days.
Unwanted telemarketing calls and texts were in the top three complaint categories at the Federal Communications Commission in 2011.
Although Gainesville police chief Tony Jones said crime rates are down this year from last, he still thinks there’s room for improvement.
About 1,200 volunteers spruced up Chester Shell Elementary School Friday through Sunday as a part of Project Makeover.
As election day descends upon the city, thoughts of last year’s runoff loom over the candidates.
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