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A day after a grand jury presentment stated that former Sheriff Chris Blair was “lax and incompetent in his leadership,” current Sheriff Emery Gainey held a press conference to, in part, address recommendations made by the jury panel.

That crisp and delicious potato chip you just had with your sandwich most likely was still a potato in the ground two or three days ago.

Two people involved in a vehicle crash Thursday, when, authorities said, the woman was stealing the man’s truck, have been treated and released from a local hospital.

A 90-year-old Ocala man was scammed out of more than $40,000 when he fell for a con involving a lottery.

Ocala’s Central Baptist Church will hold a 75th anniversary celebration on Sunday, marking the hundreds of lives touched through this active, Bible-based community ministry.

A 27-year-old Ocala man was charged Thursday with lewd and lascivious molestation on an 8-year-old girl.

A veteran Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been fired for refusing to answer important questions during an internal affairs investigation, taking photographs for self gratification and not being truthful to a law enforcement agency during an investigation.

The U.S. Forest Service is continuing prescribed burning in the Ocala National Forest today. The 675-acre prescribed burn is in Marion County east of Forest Road 11, near the OHV (off highway vehicle) Center. The burn will improve wildlife habitat, eliminate vegetation build up and reduce the threat of wildfires.

Community and calendar briefs for June 3, 2016, in Marion County, Florida.

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