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Local
2 years ago
UPDATE: Marion County fire captain’s “spirits high” despite serious burns and multiple surgeries

Marion County Fire Rescue Chief James Banta calls on community to continue to lift up Capt. Chris Trubelhorn with “the strength and love of our MCFR firefighting family.”

Local
2 years ago
NEW INFORMATION: Family finds live hand grenade in grandpa’s garage on Thanksgiving Day

Gainesville Police said the grenade was found in a home in the vicinity of Northeast 10th Terrace and Northeast 12th Avenue.

Health & Wellness
2 years ago
Ocala’s recycling program kept 68 gallons of fats, oils and grease from going down the drain | VIDEO

Ocala’s Water Conservation Coordinator says fats, oil, grease build up in the sewer system and cause overflows which can be bad for the environment.

Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Alachua County deputies arrest man on grand theft charges for stealing E-bikes and mini-bikes during racing event

The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office says one of the stolen bikes was equipped with a tracking device.

Local
2 years ago
North-central Florida cold weather shelters set to open for chilly nights this week

Overnight temperatures Tuesday and Wednesday nights are expected to be in the 30s across the 352. That is prompting some communities to activate cold weather shelter programs for the homeless.

Local
2 years ago
Safely dispose of all that peanut oil from your fried turkey. Ocala will recycle it today until 2 p.m.

The cooking oil recycling day will be held on Monday, Nov. 27, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Ocala Wetland Recharge Park.

Community
2 years ago
Road work to cause delays on a mile stretch of a Gainesville roadway starting today

Crews are scheduled to begin resurfacing Southwest 46th Boulevard from the intersection of Northwest 75th Street near Kimball Wiles Elementary School and end at Southwest 91st Street.

Crime & Safety
2 years ago
UPDATE: CCSO says man they shot has died. Deputies identify him as a ‘career criminal’

“None of our deputies ever WANT to use lethal force, but they are prepared to if it means saving countless others,” said Col. Elena Vitt of the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office.

Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Sheriff: “It is rare that a case this horrific occurs in Citrus County”

Citrus County Sheriff’s deputies say they made a gruesome discovery on Thanksgiving Day – a dismembered man in the trunk of his car and another with man with a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a house.

Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Brooksville man charged with man’s murder, accused of dumping body on dead-end road

Hernando County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 53-year-old R W Resca Jr. and charged him in connection with the crime.