The winter wonderland will open to visitors starting this Friday, Nov.17, at 5:30 p.m. Ticket prices and how to purchase them in our story.
The ceremony on Friday included a 21-gun and cannon salute, vintage airplane flyover, and other patriotic tributes.
The NMHS baseball team is the first to win not just a state baseball title, but the first to win a state championship in any sport for the school.
“I just knew he was up to no good,” said 37-year-old Shane Spicer about seeing a man running toward the Starbucks drive-thru. Moments later Spicer stopped the man from carjacking the driver in front of him. Turns out, the stranger he helped was six months pregnant.
“I think he’s really made me excited to be a part of something. He’s made it seem like this is much bigger than us,” said one UF staff member following Sasse’s inauguration speech on Thursday, Nov. 2.
Proverbial ‘bad guys’ didn’t stand a chance here considering Spiderman, Batman, Captain America and other caped crusaders were all in attendance; along with members of the Ocala Police Department.
“To see your child’s name on a street because of that reason, it’s bittersweet. It’s more of a yes, finally we did it. But, I would rather have him here of course,” said Megan Durant, the mother of 4-year-old Dylan Roberts who was hit and killed by a car on East University Avenue.
26-year-old Rasheem Edwards died from the shooting. The video reveals how the incident unfolded after the deputy pulled Edwards over because the motorcycle he was driving was not street legal in Florida.
OPD released dashcam and bodycam footage showing the capture of 39-year-old Michael Prouty and the role one bystander played in ending the chase
The 53rd annual festival continues tomorrow, Sunday, Oct. 22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.