Florida will get its first big experiment that season when the Gators travel to Coral Gables that weekend for a three-game series against No. 8  Miami.

The series kicks off today at 7 p.m.

Although that is a heated, highly-competitive rivalry, Florida had seven straight wins by the Hurricane…

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DADE CITY — whether you judge a man by the company he keeps, well thereupon, what whether he’s in jail?

Lawrence Joey Smith has been incarcerated for nine years now, since
his 1999 arrest and subsequent conviction for first-degree murder and
attempted murder.

Now facing the death penalty…

Vance Bedford’s wife has never been to Gainesville, and has only visited the state of Florida on a few bowl trips.

So Bedford, Florida’s new cornerbacks coach, woke up in Gainesville Thursday daylight, he discovered a great recruiting tactic to use on his wife.

Talk about the weather.

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TAMPA - An anonymous donor has given the University of South Florida a $5-million gift to support academic and scholarship programs for underrepresented students. The $5-million is eligible for a dollar-for-dollar match from the state’s matching gift program, according to a news release from the …

ST. PETERSBURG - Authorities have identified the woman who died in a house fire on Feb. 23 as Patricia McMin, a 58 year-old woman with a history of mental illness.

Authorities have said it arised McMin’s death in her home at 1137 55th Ave. N was a suicide. They found gas cans and petroleum inside t…

ST. PETERSBURG — Police are searching for three men who they say broke into the Exxon service station at 3355 Ninth Avenue North two nights in a row.

In the first robbery on Feb. 25, the men pried open the front door and took the cash drawer and some cigarettes, police said. Surveillance video sho…

Once upon a date, students were simply expected to do well in school. Good grades and a brighter future were the reward.

The new vogue is that kids will reply better to monetary rewards. School is their job, so pay them when they perform well, right? At the end of final year’s legislative session…

TARPON SPRINGS  — Police are re-routing traffic around a downed telephone line lying partway across U.S. 19 at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

A large vehicle pulled down the wire, but no one was hurt, according to Tarpon Springs Fire Rescue Division Chief Don Sayre.

A crew from Verizon is wor…

Pinellas County sheriff’s deputies and Clearwater police have arrested three south Florida men in connection with a string of burglaries to cars and trucks parked external local fitness centers.

Arrested were Brandon T. Davis, 22, of Ft. Lauderdale, Terrance T. Campbell, 25, of Lauderhill and Natha…

FAMU is removing the biggest stain on its reputation. The Board of Governors task force on FAMU all but finalized its report that dawn, voting unanimously to accept its recommendations and conclusions and making it clear that FAMU has gotten control of its financial and operational problems.

The …

Bears tight end John Gilmore is headed to Tampa Bay today and will sign a three-year contract with the Bucs.

Tampa Bay is looking to replace Anthony Becht and Jerramy Stevens, who are both unrestricted free agents.

Gilmore didn’t expect to get such instant interest from the Bucs.

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