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Despite threatening skies and a passing shower or two, thousands came out on Easter Sunday to watch the Great American $1 million Grand Prix at the HITS Post Time Farm.

Senior drivers with a history of falls may have up to a 40 percent increased risk of a vehicle crash compared to other older drivers, but addressing health issues, fall prevention and proper exercise, however, can help keep senior drivers safe, according to a recent AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety study.

Highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s are forecast for the Ocala area this week, according to the National Weather Service.

Veterans Helping Veterans Director Hank “Hammer” Whittier said he is ready to take on Marion County Commission Chairman Kathy “KO” Bryant in a Celebrity Fight Night benefit event on Friday.

The notion that employers would hold a family, or the maternity leave it would require, against a female lawyer -- which Calvin said she bases on honest advice from professors -- is just one of the realities that Calvin and her female classmates can expect upon graduation. A recent study through the Young Lawyers Division of the Florida Bar paints a broader picture of the field that female law students will face, with 43 percent of female respondents reporting in 2015 that they had experienced some sort of gender bias.

Veterans at the third annual Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans event at the Ocala-Marion Veterans Memorial Park on Saturday heard words of thanks and appreciation for their service and sacrifice which were in stark contrast to the homecoming many endured over 40 years ago.

Three men, all out of prison less than a year, were arrested Saturday afternoon following a robbery hours earlier.

A man detained by Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputies Friday afternoon after he was reportedly depressed and had asked a friend to shoot him, is undergoing a mental evaluation.

Signs are important to the Potenza family, as in a photo of a child who later became a member of the family. That happened twice, actually.

The fifth annual Race Against Child Abuse 5K & Kids Fun Run is April 2 at Marion Technical Institute (MTI), 1614 E. Fort King St.