Gainesville FL

What happens to town-gown relations when gown hates town?. Santa Fe College dedicated its new downtown GNV building a few years ago with much pomp and circumstances. And of course, honored guests were seated in the VIP section right up front. Meanwhile, GNV’s mayor, city manager, commissioners and other officials...

REDDICK, Fla. – An alert sent from an iPhone early Monday morning led first responders to the site of a rollover crash where the driver was reportedly trapped inside, Marion County Fire Rescue said. First responders were dispatched to a rollover crash with reported entrapment in the 5400 block...

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of raping and killing a woman near a central Florida bar is scheduled to be executed Tuesday. Thomas Lee Gudinas, 51, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke, barring a last-day reprieve. He was convicted in the May 1994 killing of Michelle...

The Lynx Bookstore is set to launch a book vending machine at Gainesville Regional Airport on Thursday, June 26, at 4 p.m., according to a Main Street Daily News report. The unveiling will coincide with a meeting of the Gainesville-Alachua County Regional Airport Authority Board. The initiative aims to expand...

Just as the adage goes that it takes a village to raise a child, organizers and participants in an event celebrating Juneteenth and fatherhood in Gainesville believe the adage also applies to improving and sustaining the Black community. Organized by Support BLK GNV and many of the organization’s partners, “Tha...

The North Florida Sewing Center will hold a “I miss Joann’s” sewing and craft supplies sale on Saturday, June 28. The free event will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Wesley United Methodist Church (826 NW 23 Ave.) in Gainesville. Cash and cards will be accepted, and there will be no early bird entry.

OCALA, FL (352today.com) — The 2025 Miss Florida Competition kicks off Monday, June 23, in Lakeland, where 38 young women from across the state will compete for the prestigious title through a weeklong series of interviews, performances, and public service events. Among them are two local titleholders representing...

“One reason this is important is that one day, we would like to reconstruct the modern strawberry from simpler species by making the crosses ourselves, and better understanding how the strawberry formed will help us do that,” Whitaker said. “This could help us to breed better strawberry varieties in the future that...

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A Missing Child Alert has been issued for a newborn girl last seen in Altamonte Springs who may be in the company of a 28-year-old woman and 41-year-old man, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Officials said Tnyiah Tyson was last seen in...

Putnam County firefighters brought three people to the hospital after a house fire in Interlachen Sunday night. Gainesville crash survivor reunites with first responders who saved her life. Updated: 2 hours ago. A Gainesville woman is thanking the firefighters who saved her life after a crash in March. Florida...