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Community and calendar briefs for April 12, 2016, in Marion County, Florida.

Amid the fanfare and '50s party christening the Silver Springs International Film Festival last week, organizers took a moment to honor three local students and a high school TV production class.

A 30-year-old burglary suspect told deputies he had ingested five balloons of heroin as they approached and was taken to the hospital following his arrest on South U.S. 441 Sunday afternoon.

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a case of felony criminal mischief at the Queens Garden Resort, 3340 S. Pine Ave.

More than two years after Jonathan Robert Welcher was accused of sexual battery, he and his family want to clear his name.

Brigitte Smith is a longtime nurse and has served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Nursing Corps Reserves. She knows how to help a patient.

At the Dignity Center, on North Magnolia Avenue, individuals like Kenny McNamee perform odd jobs in return for bus passes, gift cards, tents, backpacks and housing assistance.

The low price of oil has given way to declines in prices at the pump, with state averages dropping 2-3 cents since last week.

Here are the winners of the third annual Silver Springs International Film Festival.

The man who died in an airplane crash Saturday at the Ocala International Airport has been identified as Ross Grand, 49, of Prairieville, Louisiana.