Saturday March 1st, 2025 7:27AM

Ken Stanford

Contributing Editor
Ken  Stanford
United Community Bank event benefits non-profits, including one in Gainesville
United Community Bank is donating $23,400 to charity, thanks to proceeds from its signature annual event
8:18AM ( 10 years ago )
Dead trees along Pearl Nix Parkway to be removed
Gainesville Parks and Recreation will be working along Pearl Nix Parkway from Washington Street/Dawsonville Highway to the
7:48AM ( 10 years ago )
House Committee ordered to court in insider probe
A powerful U.S. House of Representatives committee was ordered on Friday to appear before a judge next month to explain why it should not be required to turn over documents in an insider-trading probe.
7:38AM ( 10 years ago )
Iraq militia parades as insurgents seize crossing
Thousands of heavily-armed Shiite militiamen paraded through several Iraqi cities on Saturday after Sunni militants seized a town on the Syrian border in what appeared to be the start of a new offensive in the western Anbar province.
7:32AM ( 10 years ago )
More than 50 CDC workers taking anti-anthrax drugs
At least 52 workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are taking antibiotics as a precaution because of a lab safety problem that may have accidentally exposed them to anthrax.
4:32PM ( 10 years ago )
Feds urge southeastern states to develop rail plan
The head of the Federal Railroad Administration is calling on state officials to develop a shared vision of rail service along the southeast corridor.
4:26PM ( 10 years ago )
$40M settlement reported in Central Park rape case
All but closing the books on one of the most lurid crime cases in New York history, the city has agreed to a $40 million settlement with five men who were falsely convicted in the vicious 1989 rape and beating of a Central Park jogger, a city official said Friday.
4:22PM ( 10 years ago )
Dow, S&P 500 close at record highs
Stocks held onto small gains Friday, enough to mark the latest record high closes for major indexes, and the market notched another weekly increase.
4:17PM ( 10 years ago )
Pearl Harbor survivor who wrote book about WWII dies
A Gainesville man who was a fixture in the city's annual Memorial Day Parade and long active in veterans organizations has died.
4:00PM ( 10 years ago )