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Printers are quieting - slowly - at the Marion County Judicial Center.

Memorial Day is a true shared holiday — a time when everyone pauses to remember the men and women of the armed forces who died in service. Among those most attentive to the task are military veterans who lost some of their comrades in arms.

AAA recommends motorists be aware of safe driving in the reduced visibility and dangerous driving conditions that can accompany wet weather.

There is no greater sacrifice than to give your life to save someone else. On the occasion of Memorial Day, we honor these brave men who made that ultimate sacrifice and to whom these local roads are dedicated.

Nine years ago they were tiny 5-year-olds, with most holding onto the pants leg of a parent when they arrived for their first photo shoot before kindergarten.

Openings and closings for Memorial Day.

A 13-year-old Marion Oaks girl was reported missing but non-endangered after she did not return home on Friday night.

A 48-year-old man suffered non-life threatening injuries during a shooting early Saturday in Ocala.

Vietnam War veteran Tom Curtis, a volunteer at the park, calls the site a living memorial.

Decker and his longtime girlfriend, Jessica Baker, 44, were arrested last month in connection with what authorities describe as a four-month string of approximately 60 burglaries in Alachua, Citrus, Levy, Marion and Sumter counties. They also are persons of interest in the January death of Tamara Bedenbaugh in Marion County and suspects in the April killing of Don “Terry” Plumeri on the Citrus County side of Dunnellon.