Gainesville News

Fulbright New Zealand welcomed 22 American exchange participants to New Zealand last week with an intensive week-long orientation programme designed to outline unique attributes of New Zealand which will inform their study, research and teaching at assorted universities and government agencies over the next three to twelve months.

One big helper there is the fact that former Florida receiver In the Tampa/St. Petersburg area, Florida has offered Rodney Adams , Travis Johnson and Richard Benjamin .

Richard "Bud" Bryan Brown, 79, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Gainesville, Fla.

Denise-Marie Balona , Florida A&M University , University of Florida - posted by denise balona on February, 10 2012 3:20 PM Florida A&M University in Tallahassee and University of Florida in Gainesville are among the Top 20 most popular universities in the country, according to U.S. News and World Report .

ShandsCair, the air medical and critical care transport system for Shands at the University of Florida, is expanding its horizons and flight capabilities by setting up a second base in Marion County, complete with a second helicopter.

Katy Sills of Gainesville, daughter of Brad and Barbara Sills of Jensen Beach, is engaged to Jordan Abruzzo of San Diego.

President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates have been proved right in their outspoken effort to get a Florida pastor not to burn a pile of Korans at his church last September.

An apparent spark within the high-oxygen chamber of a Florida equine sports medicine center triggered a massive explosion Friday that caused part of the building to collapse, killing a worker and a horse, authorities said.

An explosion at an equine rehabilitation center in north Florida's horse country has killed a worker and a horse.

Like a lot of the previously featured towns in the Area Codes series, Gainesville, FL has a rich history as a music scene, going back to the '70s when some guy named Tom Petty ran ramshod in town.

Swimmer Sinead Russell of Burlington Central High School will continue her education in the fall at the University of Florida.

Combining elements of acoustic rock, folk, and jangle pop, Sister Hazel formed in 1993 in Gainesville, FL.

Two men from Adel were among those arrested in the operation in Florida. More than 40 local, State, and federal officers took part in the operation last week in Gainesville.

It is that time of year when Girl Scouts cookies will be for sale and we just can't help ourselves by ordering not just one box but two or three boxes of those delicious cookies.

The fire is burning on the property of Jolo Enterprise Inc., which is on private land near Hawthorne Road in Gainesville.

Following news that there are no warning signs on a stretch of Interstate 75 near Gainesville where 11 people recently died in a fog and smoke shrouded crash, a Republican lawmaker from the area plans to introduce legislation to require them.

An attorney for a 51-year-old St. Augustine man charged in the death of teenager Shae Burchfield was in court Wednesday to ask that publicity surrounding the case be limited.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - A new report finds that fatal shark attacks worldwide last year reached their highest level in two decades, though there were none in the U.S. But ichthyologist George Burgess says the 12 fatalities could show tourists are venturing to more remote places with less access to immediate medical care.

A group raising awareness of childhood abuse passed through Gainesville today. A "Walk in My Shoes" Founder Lauren Book is hoping people understand how to stay safe, especially on a college campus.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A Putnam County father is dead after a head-on crash in Interlachen Tuesday morning.