Florida's first 'green' fire service station opens
By ASHLEY ROSS | Jan. 27, 2009Featuring waterless urinals and a natural gas power generator, Florida's first environmentally friendly fire station opened in Gainesville Tuesday.
Featuring waterless urinals and a natural gas power generator, Florida's first environmentally friendly fire station opened in Gainesville Tuesday.
Bo Diddley Community Plaza, Saturday 4:30 p.m.
How would you like to pay another nickel for every beer you buy? And how would you feel if the UF-Georgia game wasn't played in Jacksonville anymore?
Starting Feb. 1, Florida drivers will pay $25 more for speeding tickets and $10 more for running a red light or not wearing a seat belt.
The Gainesville City Commission approved a new community development on Monday night.
Three people were arrested after admitting to an officer that they planned to rob a drug dealer Saturday.
Ice cream fans got a chance to meet Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield at the store's Archer Road location Friday night.
He has been called Superman, but never before has Tim Tebow been called a knight. And yet, to the people of Hoggetowne, that is exactly what he is.
She may not have worn Michelle Obama's flowing Jason Wu gown, but Cynthia Russell celebrated President Barack Obama's inauguration in style.
Coward ran.
Beekeeper Nancy Gentry has never worn a full bee suit, and sometimes she omits the veil too.
When Mecha Franklin woke up Thursday morning, she found that no water was coming from her bathroom faucet and her toilet would not flush.
A physically disabled woman was told "too bad, so sad" by a driver from Ultimate Towing after she asked for a ride to the lot where the company had towed her car, she said.
Three homicides occurred in Alachua County in 2008, and police predict that the ailing economy will cause the number to rise.
The lights dimmed and the audience leaned in as the improv group Offsides asked for a fun fact to start off their short-form comedy.
Prospective college freshmen won't have to rush to turn in their applications well before deadlines - in Florida at least.
From late Monday night to early Tuesday morning, there were six car break-ins in a student-populated area of Southwest Gainesville.
Crossword puzzles often serve UF students in the battle against lecture napping, but those who play the game for more than relief from boredom will soon get a chance to face worthy opponents.
Thousands of shoppers lined up at the Oaks Mall Tuesday and Wednesday for beauty that, for once, didn't come at a price.
A UF student was arrested after her purse, with identification, was found at a grocery store from which she was accused of stealing beer.