Gainesville News

May 22, 5:26 p.m. : Larry VanTassell was found dead in a Gainesville apartment complex Wednesday afternoon, police said.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Apple CEO Tim Cook went before a Senate panel today to deny that his company is avoiding paying billions of dollars in taxes.

Robert Scott Montgomery II earned his Master of Science in Management from the University of Florida on May 3. He also earned his undergraduate degree from The University of Florida in May 2012 and is holding the Moultrie News at that issue/print date of May 2012.

AP PHOTO/UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA This May 15 photo provided by the University of Florida shows unidentified staff next to a dead Burmese python on the campus in Gainesville, Fla.

Police have considered him missing and endangered since Saturday, when he apparently called his out-of-state parents and indicated he was thinking of killing himself.

The Gainesville Sun reports the 19-year-old woman was taken to Shands at the University of Florida as a precaution on Saturday night.

The Paul E. Bolding American Legion Post of Gainesville is honoring all U.S. Service Members with their 11th annual Memorial Day Parade.

Mary Hausch announced earlier this month her decision to step down from her position as a producing director at Gainesville's Hippodrome Theatre.

Becky Covington, 34, is a minister working on her master's degree, taking on another job and dealing with the end of a 10-year relationship.

I'm now in my 21st year as the Gater's Music Director/Assistant Program Director and in my 16th year holding down the fort as the Gater's Afternoon Drive Air Talent.

Soon-to-be honorary graduates of Gainesville High School T. Richard Davis and Lessie Smithgall shake hands as Nathaniel Shelton, right, talks with a well-wisher. The three locals were honored at a pre-graduation reception at First Baptist Church Thursday night.

The University of Florida and the Gainesville Police Department are warning all in the vicinity of campus to be on the outlook for two armed men.

Rick Yancey Rick Yancey is the author several books for adults, including The Highly Effective Detective .

GAINESVILLE, Fla.-- A black bear is making its rounds in a Gainesville neighborhood.

Glory Days Presents!, High Dive and Pelican Brothers will be hosting The Original Gainesville Food Truck Rally on Saturday.

BioMonde, a U.K.-based wound-care company that specializes in larval therapy, wants to expand its operation into Gainesville by participating in the Qualified Target Industry Program.

Robert Slater's webcam caught a maintenance worker in his Jacksonville apartment rummaging through his drawers.

When the Russian moths were experimentally offered human hands this summer, the insects drilled their hook-and-barb-lined tongues under the skin and sucked blood.

Jacksonville International Airport dipped to 47 degrees Tuesday morning, a record for the date.

Putnam County Sheriff's deputies tell Action News a Rottweiler found in the yard of a home off East Towles Avenue in Palatka may be responsible for biting a man's head and face.