Gainesville, Florida, is a quintessential college town ... just across the street from Lake Alice. Each evening, onlookers gather to see roughly half a million bats take flight there after sunset.

Whether you’re training for a marathon or living up to your new year's resolution, here are the best spots to get your miles ...

First Missionary Baptist Church in Gainesville, Florida, celebrated its 62nd anniversary with a sermon focused on the importance of partnership. Guest speaker the Rev. Dr. Marion Wise emphasized ...

Red tide, a harmful algae bloom, is impacting seafood supplies and prices in Gainesville, Florida. The bloom, while a natural phenomenon, is exacerbated by human factors like agricultural runoff.

Florida's last Final Four trip came in 2014 — the last time it was a No. 1 seed as well. Noah Ram covers Gainesville-area high school sports and University of Florida athletics for The ...

The railroad tracks in Starke, FL. (Gabriella Paul/WUFT File Photo) Rep. Yvonne Hayes-Hinson, D-Gainesville, filed a bill that may make it easier to travel throughout the state of Florida without ...

The price of eggs has doubled for businesses in Gainesville, Florida due to a recent avian influenza outbreak. Restaurants and bakeries are struggling to cope with the increased cost, with some ...

After being asked to track down one serviceman's grave, Marton's Barry Rankin discovered the final resting places of more than 30 servicemen who died while they were at the Lake Alice psychiatric ...

Fifteen survivors of the Lake Alice child and adolescent unit - the Rangitīkei psychiatric institution where children were tortured in the 1970s - have so far received $150,000 government rapid ...

If you’ve lived in Florida for long enough, you know that spring break brings hordes of crowds every year – from families looking to escape the cold and sit on a warm, quiet beachfront ...

At least when it comes to highest-ranked win for the program. Georgia upset No. 3 Florida 88-83 in a raucous Stegeman Coliseum to lift its NCAA Tournament hopes. The Bulldogs (17-11, 5-10 SEC ...