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A jury has awarded $775,000 in damages to the developers of Heath Brook in southwest Ocala, after hearing a week’s worth of details on their testy relationship with RaceTrac Petroleum.

The head of a University of Florida research department temporarily trespassed by university officials due to what they said was an ongoing problem will not face any charge of having a gun in his office. Despite the good news for Daniel Colvin, he remains on paid administrative leave.

One man was arrested Sunday after a shootout at a popular county park and authorities are looking for another man.

On Friday, just a couple of days before Mother’s Day, a pair of moms recalled how their daughters inspired them to seek their college degrees.

Motorists saw very little shift in prices at the pump last week as oil prices seemed to stabilize. Gas prices are hovering at their highest levels in more than six months, with prices averaging $2.21 both nationwide and in Florida, and $2.19 in Georgia.

New and events related to Ocala-area businesses.

Beginning in May of the previous year, the Kentucky Derby is like a great symphony which begins subtly and melodically, building to a climatic crescendo on the first Saturday in May a year later, like 167,000 people screaming their lungs out as the horses thunder down the long Churchill Downs' stretch to racing history and sometimes cultural history.

Members of the local Psi Chi chapter of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity are taking their 60th anniversary year lying down.

The students were among seven high school seniors who were honored recently for their academy appointments and Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) scholarships. The Kingdom of the Sun chapter of the Military Officers Association of America honored the students.

The company announced last week that it seeks to hire 200 full-time agents and managers. That will bring the Ocala total to 450, including full- and part-time workers.