After a 15-hour flight from Iraq, Michael VanWagner's sister, Dana, arrived at his hospital room three hours before he died at 1:51 p.m. Thursday.
Expansion plans for the Gainesville Police Department downtown headquarters are inching closer to reality.
Gainesville's annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony has survived the struggling economy and the city's shrinking budget.
Gainesville voters will be able to decide in the March 24 election whether city residents should be protected from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
A man was arrested in connection with the mugging of a 68-year-old woman in the parking lot of a Gainesville Albertsons on Thursday morning.
Could it be? Was Gatorade actually created by a Florida State University team doctor and called "Seminole Firewater"?
A man was arrested after he was found with a laptop from the State Attorney's Office early Thursday morning.
Taking a cue from the city of Gainesville, the Alachua County Department of Public Safety will be switching to a four-day, 10-hour a day workweek beginning Monday.
As a result of rising food costs around the world, some people have resorted to growing their own food as an affordable alternative to grocery shopping.
Florida's State University System got its report card, and the returns aren't pretty.
Newsrooms across the country have been hit hard by the nation's troubled economy, and the Independent Florida Alligator is not immune to the industry's dip in morale.
No snow, sleds or Santa Claus are required:for John and Cathryn Gregory, it's always Christmastime.John, a former UF professor, and Cathryn, a former Spanish teacher, both 64, have been growing trees at the Unicorn Hill Christmas Tree Farm since 1981.Unicorn Hill, at 3605 N.W. 69th St., is the only Christmas tree farm in Gainesville.
A UF student is in critical condition after his scooter was hit by a car Tuesday across the street from The Swamp Restaurant.
As cold weather makes underbrush drier and heater use more prevalent, Gainesville is reminding residents that this time of year may mean an increase in the number of household fires.
The search for a missing UF alumnus and his friend whose plane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday night was called off Tuesday.
A Gainesville man was arrested Friday night after police reported he robbed a gas station with a tree branch.
A Gainesville teenager will face a homicide charge after the man he was accused of stabbing died Sunday.
Gov. Charlie Crist announced a voluntary agreement Monday that would suspend foreclosures on Florida homes through the holidays.
Results of a national survey released Monday reveal an increasing number of cheating is on the rise in U.S. high schools.
With temperatures possibly dropping to 28 degrees tonight, Gainesville will be under its seventh freeze advisory since October.
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