• UF students mark Child Health Day with walk to Shands Hospital

    Pediatric illness is something University of Florida student, Kalie Wright, knows well. It all started when she was sitting in the crowd of an event for Dance Marathon during her Sophomore year of high school. “I was listening to a story by a lady named Marsha Tripp,” she said. “These waves of emoti…

  • Gainesville residents reject housing development plan on wetlands

    Five months after a housing development plan was approved, homeowners are still trying to find a way to shut it down. The Gainesville 121 development plan was approved by the Gainesville City Commission in April. City commissioners voted 6-1. Mayor Harvey Ward was the only one who voted against the …

  • New Florida lead in South Carolina murder case, nearly 30 years later

    After 28 years, investigators have a new lead for a person of interest in the 1995 murder of Maria Telles-Gonzalez. Gonzalez’s body was found on May 24, 1995, by an employee from the South Carolina Highway Department in a drainage ditch on Cottonhall Road in Yemassee, South Carolina. She was found w…

  • ‘I would still do it’: Super Bowl streaker says new Florida law won’t work

    Starting this week, Florida has a new law stiffening penalties on attention-grabbers who sprint across sports fields – often in various stages of undress. One well-known streaker says it just won’t work. “I think that’s like a scare tactic,” said Instagram model and influencer Kelly Kay, who j…

  • From heat-tolerant cattle to racial inequality, Gainesville leaders search for solutions at climate change summit

    While climate change is a global challenge, Alachua County residents also have a role to play. About 70 people spent part of their weekend at a Gainesville church to talk about climate threats and responses, with recent extreme weather events like Hurricane Idalia fresh on their minds. Jacqueline Pa…

  • Photos: Kirbiicon comes to Gainesville

    On Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, Kirbiicon came to Gainesville, Florida’s Heartwood Soundstage. The event, which prides itself on its combination of live music, gaming and anime, attracted fans dressed in their best cosplays. Kirbiicon acts as a beacon for lovers of all things eccentric. …

  • Judge sides with state, tosses Gainesville’s GRU lawsuit

    Leon County Judge Angela Dempsey on Friday sided with the state and upheld legislation that removes the city’s sole control of Gainesville Regional Utilities. The judge’s ruling appeared to be made largely on technicalities. She ruled the lawsuit improperly named Attorney General Ashely Moody, Gov. …

  • Parents plead for rehabilitation for son charged with stalking and burglary

    Troy-Baker Robinson, 35, of Gainesville, had a bond hearing Thursday in regard to charges filed against him earlier this month for occupying a vacant apartment and stalking a University of Florida student. …

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