Gainesville to Rename Park After Tom Petty

Gainesville to Rename Park After Tom Petty

Musician Tom Petty, one of Gainesville’s most famous native sons, will be honored by his hometown this weekend with a music festival and a park rededication in his hame. October 20th would have been Petty’s 68th birthday, and his family and surviving...
Florida Gators football player stops a sexual assault

Florida Gators football player stops a sexual assault

Here’s a much-needed positive story about a college athlete making headlines for all the right reasons. Early Thursday morning, Cristian Garcia, a walk-on linebacker for the Florida Gators, helped rescue a woman being sexually assaulted behind a Gainesville bar...