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    Santa is coming to the Paddock Mall

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    The Paddock Mall, located at 3100 Southwest College Road, Ocala, will usher in the holiday season with Santa’s grand arrival on November 22. There will...
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    Beluga whale plays fetch with boaters tossing rugby ball

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    Ocala man remains behind bars, made Molotov cocktails, attempted to burn down DCF building

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    17 people arrested during child pornography investigation

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    President and Vice President of the Lakeland Highlands Babe Ruth Baseball League arrested

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    Ocala man remains behind bars, made Molotov cocktails, attempted to burn down DCF building

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    An Ocala man is being held on a $125,000 bond after he was arrested for attempting to burn down the Florida Department of Children...
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    Toddler who was run over in driveway, identified

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    Panhandler, meth addict, reached into occupied vehicle, stole wallet

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    X-ray revealed drugs in woman’s vagina

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    Drive-through hepatitis A vaccination event

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    17 people arrested during child pornography investigation

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    On Monday, November 4, 2019, the Polk County Sheriff's Office concluded a month-long special operation to identify members of the community who possessed and...
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    President and Vice President of the Lakeland Highlands Babe Ruth Baseball League arrested

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    The President and Vice President of the Lakeland Highlands Babe Ruth Baseball League arrested were arrested and both charged with Scheming to Defraud over...
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    Bad business: Have you done business with this fencing and tree service company?

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    PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ADVERTISEMENT CONTAINED WITHIN THIS ARTICLE IS NOT THE SAME COMPANY MENTIONED IN THE ARTICLE. Have you contracted to have work done...

    Boy saved mom’s life as she was being suffocated by boyfriend

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    A fast-thinking 12-year-old boy saved his mom's life by alerting neighbors to the fact that his mom was being battered by her boyfriend. According to...

    Boyfriend attacked girlfriend, took too long at grocery store

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    Crystal River -- A Crystal River man was arrested after deputies say he threatened his girlfriend and had the means to carry out that...

    Man got away with child abuse, arrested again…abused another child, caregiver also arrested

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    A Deltona man arrested on charges of burning a 3-year-old girl in 2018, has been arrested again after he poured boiling water on a...

    Obituaries

    Jo Ann Braun Bobbitt

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    Jo Ann Braun Bobbitt 84, of Eustis, passed away on October 27, 2019. She was born in Birmingham, Alabama, she and Richard raised their...
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    Charles Henry Hathcox

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    Cedar Key native Charles Henry Hathcox, 73, of Graceville, FL, left his earthly world to be with his heavenly family October 26, 2019. He suffered...
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    Virginia Mae Williams

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    Mrs. Virginia Mae Williams (Richardson) of Old Town, FL passed away on Monday, October 20, 2019 at the Tri County Nursing Home in Trenton,...
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    Beluga whale plays fetch with boaters tossing rugby ball

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    A beluga whale was recorded playing with a rugby ball being tossed by a group of people on a boat. The footage was recorded by...
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    DEA issues warning over counterfeit prescription pills from Mexico

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    Law enforcement agency failed to detain illegal immigrant, caused woman’s rape

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    Woman helped business man in sex trafficking of little girl, sentenced

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    Next-generation console release date announced for PS5

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    PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ADVERTISEMENT CONTAINED WITHIN THIS ARTICLE IS NOT THE SAME COMPANY MENTIONED IN THE ARTICLE. Have you contracted to have work done...
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    Drive-through hepatitis A vaccination event

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    Marion County is continuing to see an increase in cases of hepatitis A locally and is encouraging residents to get vaccinated for the virus....
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    Marion County Fire Rescue mourns death of Firefighter/EMT

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    It is with my deepest regret that I announce the death of Firefighter/EMT Emilio Rivera. Firefighter Rivera, a proud United States Marine Corps veteran, and...
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    X-ray revealed drugs in woman’s vagina

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    Two people were arrested and booked into the Marion County Jail on Halloween following an October 30, pursuit. The two suspects, Andrew William Wiggins, 20,...
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    New information in camel story that is just nuts, woman “camel toed,” sat on

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      The Florida couple, Edmond and Gloria Lancaster, who visited a truck top petting zoo have been charged with Criminal Trespassing and Violation of Leash...
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    This story is nuts: Florida man drops the ball during failed castration

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    Florida -- On Sunday, August 18, just before midnight, a deputy responded to a home on Orday Road in Sebring after a 911 hang-up. The...
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    Mom could face jail time for selling food through a Facebook group

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        A single mother to six children could be facing jail time for selling her homemade food dishes through the Facebook group 209 Food Spot. The mother,...
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    Beluga whale plays fetch with boaters tossing rugby ball

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    A beluga whale was recorded playing with a rugby ball being tossed by a group of people on a boat. The footage was recorded by...
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    Southern flannel moth, venomous puss caterpillar, makes return to Florida

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    The southern flannel moth, Megalopyge opercularis, is an attractive small moth that is best-known because of its larva, the puss caterpillar, which is one...
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    Florida men busted, trafficking ring smuggling thousands of turtles

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    The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has charged two suspects for poaching thousands of Florida’s native turtles from the wild and selling...
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    New deer hunting rules and reporting requirements

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    Hunters now have an online option to comply with new deer harvest reporting requirements. You can log (Step 1) your harvest using a paper...
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    Lionfish Challenge winners, facts, myths

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    The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will be honoring the first place winners in each category at its December meeting in Panama...
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    Corrections officer arrested for child molestation

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    A Lowell corrections officer, who is one of four officers being investigated for beating and paralyzing an inmate, has been arrested for child molestation. Keith...
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    Law enforcement agency failed to detain illegal immigrant, caused woman’s rape

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    OKLAHOMA CITY – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Antonio Ulises Perez, a 38-year-old illegal immigrant from El Salvador charged with first-degree rape,...

    Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy fired, arrested

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    A Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy, who was allegedly in the FTO program, was fired after he was arrested for domestic battery. Jaime Lopez, 22,...
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    911 dispatcher berated woman right before she drowned

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    Fort Smith, Arkansas -- Attention continues to grow surrounding the Aug. 24 drowning of Debra Stevens, a Fort Smith newspaper delivery woman, who was...

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    Teacher arrested for sexual relationship with student

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    A former New Smyrna Beach High School teacher was arrested Thursday and charged with Unlawful Sexual Activity with a Minor. The student is a 16-year-old...
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    Lake Weir High School teacher arrested, had sex with student

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    A Lake Weir High School teacher was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly engaged in a sexual relationship with a teenage girl. Jason Michael Tarlton, 30,...

    Teacher arrested after touching girl inappropriately

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      Dunnellon, Florida -- A Dunnellon High School teacher is under arrest after a 15-year-old female said he touched her breast during class. The teen came...

    Evergreen Elementary dean of students exposes penis

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    // Ocala, Florida -- Evergreen Elementary dean of students Patrick Sasnett was arrested following allegations that he exposed himself to a grandmother. Sasnett...

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    Santa is coming to the Paddock Mall

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    The Paddock Mall, located at 3100 Southwest College Road, Ocala, will usher in the holiday season with Santa’s grand arrival on November 22. There will...
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    Beluga whale plays fetch with boaters tossing rugby ball

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    A beluga whale was recorded playing with a rugby ball being tossed by a group of people on a boat. The footage was recorded by...
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    Ocala man remains behind bars, made Molotov cocktails, attempted to burn down DCF building

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    An Ocala man is being held on a $125,000 bond after he was arrested for attempting to burn down the Florida Department of Children...
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    17 people arrested during child pornography investigation

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    On Monday, November 4, 2019, the Polk County Sheriff's Office concluded a month-long special operation to identify members of the community who possessed and...
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    Crime

    President and Vice President of the Lakeland Highlands Babe Ruth Baseball League arrested

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    The President and Vice President of the Lakeland Highlands Babe Ruth Baseball League arrested were arrested and both charged with Scheming to Defraud over...
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    Light Up Ocala 2019

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    The 36th annual Light Up Ocala will take place on November 23, 2019, from 4 to 9 p.m. Watch downtown Ocala, 100 SE 1st Ave.,...
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    Corrections officer arrested for child molestation

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    A Lowell corrections officer, who is one of four officers being investigated for beating and paralyzing an inmate, has been arrested for child molestation. Keith...
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    Double homicide suspect arrested following confession

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    A man who killed two men last week has been arrested after he turned himself in to police. Investigators had been looking into the double...
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    Toddler who was run over in driveway, identified

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    The Ocala Police Department has identified the little girl as 18-month-old Paris Narre Lecorn. Police say the grandmother, identified as Joleen Melanie Ellis, 45, had...
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    DEA issues warning over counterfeit prescription pills from Mexico

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    The Drug Enforcement Administration is alerting the public of dangerous counterfeit pills killing Americans. Mexican drug cartels are manufacturing mass quantities of counterfeit prescription...
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    Bad business: Have you done business with this fencing and tree service company?

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    PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ADVERTISEMENT CONTAINED WITHIN THIS ARTICLE IS NOT THE SAME COMPANY MENTIONED IN THE ARTICLE. Have you contracted to have work done...
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    Panhandler, meth addict, reached into occupied vehicle, stole wallet

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    A known panhandler, who is a convicted felon, was arrested after he reached into a vehicle and stole a wallet from a disabled victim. Charles...
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