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  • Gainesville remembers civil rights activist Rosa Parks

    The City of Gainesville and the Rosa Parks Quiet Courage Committee held the 3rd annual Day of Courage in honor of Rosa Parks Day. Members of the Gainesville community gathered Friday at the Rosa Parks Transfer station to remember the courage Rosa Parks had when she refused to give up her seat in a M…

  • Wildlife rehabbers may be in jeopardy with new rules from Florida Fish and Wildlife

    Some people bring their kids or their dogs to work, but Becky Goodman snuck a squirrel into the office every day. She works full time for a local tech company and owns a business building nesting boxes for squirrels to fund all 80 in her care. And she does all this while recovering from stage &helli…

  • East Gainesville residents make their mark on UF Health history

    UF Health and public officials gathered at a signing event Thursday for the Eastside Urgent Care Center currently under construction. Attendees got to sign a banner that will be etched onto a beam in the lobby. This is just the beginning of investment into the area, people involved with the project …

  • A perfect storm leaves Perry residents fearing the future

    PERRY, Fla. – After a hurricane rolls through, a city’s usual worries are cleaning up and rebuilding. Perry wasn’t so lucky. Less than three weeks after Hurricane Idalia hit the town of less than 7,000 people, Perry’s biggest employer announced it would permanently close on Nov. 16. The Georgia-Paci…

  • Police: Gainesville man vandalized Jewish centers, wrote ‘burn in hell’

    Police said Friday they arrested a 50-year-old Gainesville man accused of vandalizing the Chabad Jewish Student Center on the University of Florida campus with hate speech such as “burn in hell” and leaving disturbed messages with other Jewish organizations.  Police said they traced the phone number…

  • School district reverses decision, putting LGBTQ book back on library shelf

    The Alachua County school district reversed itself and was putting back into a high school’s library an LGBTQ book that had been challenged under Florida law over graphic references to masturbation and sex.  The district said it now deems the complaint about the book invalid after concluding t…

  • Photos: UF rings in holiday cheer with lighting of the gator

    In a festive display of holiday spirit, the University of Florida lit up the Holiday Gator, a striking forged steel sculpture, on Thursday, November 30. This eagerly awaited event, which took place from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on the lawn of the University Auditorium, was led by UF President Ben Sasse. Th…

  • Risks for severe storms and flooding in Panhandle Friday into this weekend

    A frontal boundary slowly began tracking through the Florida Panhandle Thursday night. Abundant moisture will increase ahead of the system causing rounds of heavy rain and isolated severe storms Friday through Sunday. Precipitation chances will increase through Friday morning, but the widespread, he…

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