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Community
2 years ago
Kimberly’s Center launches $1.6 million capital campaign to build more than space for children

Kimberly’s Center launched the public phase of its capital fundraising campaign with a $10,000 gift from First Federal Bank.

A $40 donation provides a teddy bear or chemo duck to comfort a child undergoing cancer treatment at UF Health Shands Children's Hospital.
Community
2 years ago
Fundraiser that provides cuddly bears to comfort children during cancer treatments marks major milestone | VIDEO 

The 25th annual Stop Children’s Cancer Bear-A-Thon will be on Wednesday, Feb. 7, from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. The goal is to raise more than $125,000 which helps fund pediatric cancer research at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital.

Local
2 years ago
Student art to go on display at College of Central Florida exhibition

You can see the student work on Monday, March 25 through Tuesday, April 30, at the CF Webber Gallery in Ocala.

Local
2 years ago
UPDATE: Authorities say missing 12-year-old girl from Gainesville has been found safe

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says the girl has been found and the missing child alert canceled.

Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Man arrested after a drug bust in Lake County

Lake County Sheriff’s Office detectives say they found nearly three ounces of cocaine, a half-pound of marijuana, oxycodone, and two firearms.

Local
2 years ago
State DOT worker seriously injured in accident while smoke from prescribed burn closed roadway

Troopers say due to poor visibility a woman in a pickup truck drove through an intersection and hit a large traffic cone and then hit the DOT worker.

Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Inverness man sentenced to 30 years for deadly hit-and-run crash of woman who was delivering pizza

The State Attorney’s Office says the victim 45-year-old Kathryn Gosman was delivering pizzas and working to make extra money when she was hit and killed.

Community
2 years ago
Sumter County hopes to reduce the animal shelter population with its first AdoptaBowl football-themed event

The adoption event kicks off on Wednesday, Feb. 7, with a football-themed party at The Villages Sumter County Service Center in Wildwood.

Local
2 years ago
TRAFFIC ALERT: Several roads closed in Levy County due to dangerously low visibility

The Florida Highway Patrol says smoke coming from a prescribed burn in the Goethe State Forest is making it dangerous for drivers. Information on detours in our story.

Equine
2 years ago
Historic horses display their majesty in Ocala in February

Step into the storied pastures of the Grandview Clydesdale Farm for a spectacle of equine strength and beauty. Experience the horsepower of Dunnellon’s finest at the farm’s biggest events of the year – the Grandview Invitational and Grandview World Nights.