Alachua County Public Schools announced a record number of National Merit Semifinalists. Forty-five seniors — 26 from Buchholz High School, 11 from Eastside High School and eight from Gainesville High School — earned semifinalist designation.
Read More »A community of modern-day garage bands thrives at a local Gainesville warehouse
The greatest underdog story in Gainesville doesn’t take place on the football field. It takes place at a modest Gainesville storage warehouse — where guitars alone wipe the floor with boxes and knickknacks. Walking the narrow alley of more than 30 storage units at the MiniMaxi Warehouse, the likelihood of …
Read More »Alachua County Public Schools will close Thursday as Tropical Storm Nicole upgraded to Category 1 hurricane
Alachua County Public Schools and the district’s offices will be closed Thursday, the district announced Tuesday in a press release and tweet, as north central Florida braces for impact from Hurricane Nicole.
Read More »Inmates face off in state culinary arts competition
The smell of various foods filled the air, pans of grilled chicken sizzled on the stove and inmates wearing aprons, hats and chef’s coats rushed around the industrial kitchen at Lowell Correctional Institution as they worked with their team to win the gold trophy. Wendasia Gipson, an inmate, kept her cool as she moved through the kitchen calling out “behind” to her teammates warning them not to bump into her as she helped prepare a dish called “Not the Taco." Four teams of male and female inmates from across the state competed in the first Culinary Arts Training Competition hosted by Lowell Correctional Institution Wednesday.
Read More »Frustrations run high despite low attendance at protest against Sasse selection vote
The protesters assembled to voice their disapproval of the UF Board of Trustees’ final interview with its only candidate for president, U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska.
Read More »UF selects Sasse as its next president; conservative U.S. senator pledges ‘political celibacy’
The University of Florida on Tuesday formally selected Ben Sasse as its next president, setting aside concerns that the appointment of a conservative Republican U.S. senator from Nebraska would further politicize the state’s flagship higher education institution. The university’s board of trustees – largely appointed by Republican governors – voted …
Read More »It’s McCray vs. McCray for the District 3 school board race in Lafayette County
Marion McCray and Mary Anne McCray are running for the District 3 School Board position in Lafayette County. Here is the information that voters should know.
Read More »Linda Powers hopes to get re-elected as she goes up against Joseph Faherty in Citrus County election
Linda Powers and Joseph Faherty are the two candidates who are in a runoff to be elected into Citrus County School Board District five. Powers was elected back in 2014 on the school board with 13,692 votes and looks to be re-elected in this upcoming election. Early voting is being …
Read More »University Women’s Club closes after 100 years on campus
One of the longest-tenured members of the University Women's Club, Stella Cunningham, recalls some of the interest groups that she participated in during her time with the organization.
Read More »AI classes at UF target all disciplines and age groups
The University of Florida has taken some of the first steps in its artificial intelligence (AI) initiative by creating an AI curriculum that is geared toward K-12 students and that offers AI classes to UF students, among other various measures.
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