It has been 35 years since Gainesville was terrorized by a string of murders that left a permanent scar on the University of Florida community. In August 1990, just as students were moving in for the fall semester, five young lives were taken in a series of crimes so brutal that they shocked the nation and sent a small college town into panic.
The Gainesville Police Department released the bodycam video recorded during a traffic stop that resulted in a University of Florida student’s recent deportation to Colombia.
The Florida Gators men’s basketball team arrived back in Gainesville on Tuesday to a hero’s welcome, carrying with them the NCAA National Championship trophy and ending an 18-year title drought.
Felipe Zapata Velasquez’s family, along with a growing number of lawmakers, say he should not be in custody.
A University of Florida College of Medicine researcher is calling for changes in youth baseball to prevent pitching injuries.
Researchers have found uncovered a new discovery regarding he role of iron in inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD.
A plea from someone asking others to call 911 after a student fainted sent University of Florida students running in panic and trampling over others during a vigil in response to the Hamas attack on Monday night at the Turlington Plaza in Gainesville.
The United States is ranked 31st in the world for the toughest animal cruelty laws, yet 10 million animals die from abuse every year in this country.
There are more than 50,000 student gators at the University of Florida, and probably just as many real gators.
A California woman has been sentenced after deputies said she packed dozens of pounds of marijuana in her luggage for a flight to Florida.
A judge sentenced a 24-year-old Florida man who used to work as a preschool teacher to 120 years in prison on Tuesday for producing child porn, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
A 19-year-old University of Florida football player appeared in bond court on Thursday via closed-circuit television to face child porn charges in Alachua County.
A Florida man has been accused of attempted murder after police said he shot at another man while riding a scooter.
A woman from Gainesville won $1 million in the Sept. 29 Powerball drawing, Florida Lottery announced Wednesday.
A child hiding in a box in a driveway dies after accidentally being run over by a pickup truck.
A tragic accident takes the life of a University of Florida freshman from Miami.
University of Florida police officers are searching for a suspect who is armed with a 9 mm handgun and was target shooting on campus on Friday afternoon in Gainesville.