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Community and calendar briefs for April 5, 2016, in Marion County, Florida.

The owner of a 1992 Volvo 740 station wagon stolen over the weekend from a front lawn in Heritage Hills in northeast Ocala is more concerned about the safety of residents in the normally quiet neighborhood than the value of the car.

A white 1997 Dodge Magnum truck valued at $7,500 was stolen from a residence in the 3900 block of Southwest 181st Court sometime between 10 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sunday.

Rebekah Johnson knows the value of doing whatever is possible to protect your home from fire.

Brad Nimmo, who handed house keys to more than 150 local families during his 13-year stint leading Habitat for Humanity of Marion County, died Sunday at age 69 after an extended illness.

A decade ago, just as online college courses were beginning to take off, 74 percent of College of Central Florida students sat in class in front of instructor.

The Marion County Sheriff's Office and the Ocala Police Department are investigating several burglaries that occurred over the weekend.

Jury selection in the police brutality trial of a former Marion County sheriff's deputy began Monday morning and continued into the afternoon.

So far this year, Americans are paying the cheapest quarterly gas prices in 12 years, and drivers have saved nearly $10 billion on gas so far this year compared to the same period in 2015.

More than 250 congregants have signed their names as charter members of Christ Lutheran Church in Summerfield.