Gainesville FL

Gainesville is a city of distinct collisions. Not just the physical ones on the asphalt, but the cultural ones. You have the academic bubble of the University of Florida colliding with the rural realities of North Central Florida. You have 18-year-old drivers on scooters sharing lanes with massive logging trucks...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Gainesville, Florida – Two active brush fires prompted traffic control and safety warnings Sunday in Alachua County, affecting roadways near residential and rural areas. According to the Alachua County...

The 36th annual Florida Invitational Step Show kicked off Saturday with a talent showcase at Bo Diddley Plaza in downtown Gainesville, followed by a performance in the University Auditorium. The University of Florida’s Black Student Union hosted events throughout the weekend, with the main goal of bringing people...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Gainesville, Florida – Thirty-seven years after Tiffany Sessions vanished in Gainesville, investigators continue seeking answers in one of Florida’s largest missing person cases. According to the Alachua...

Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies and Alachua County Fire Rescue are at the scene of a brush fire at 2550 SW 91st St.

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – A man was struck and killed Sunday night while crossing a road in Marion County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The fatal wreck happened around 8:35 a.m. on County Road 484 at SE 47th Avenue. The FHP said a 47-year-old Ocklawaha woman was driving east...

Detectives with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the deaths of four people, including two young children, whose bodies were discovered inside an Ocala home late Friday night. Deputies arrived at a residence on Banyan Track Way in Ocala at approximately 10:25 p.m. on Friday, February 6, to...

When you pay at least $900 a month in rent, you don’t expect to have workers entering apartments, screeching power tools and boarded windows and balconies as part of the living experience. Many of the residents, primarily college students, living at Social 28 Apartments, have learned to live with constant...

A special teams mat became a symbol of the Billy Napier era at Florida: organized but ultimately ineffective. However, under Jon Sumrall, the Gators are trying to rebuild the culture at Gainesville. A part of that involves burying some old traditions. According to the Gators’ new special teams coordinator, Johnathan...

Buster Faulkner's path to becoming one of the nation's most highly regarded offensive coordinators – he was named the 2025 Offensive Coordinator of the Year by FootballScoop, an award voted on by his peers in the profession – featured nine stops before his arrival in Gainesville under Florida's newly hired head...