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It’s not often you see images of Adolph Hitler and Jesus Christ side by side in one artwork. And to many people, that juxtaposition is jarring, if not offensive.

Mark Lehmann of Dunnellon wrote to the Lane Ranger about his frustration with roadside litter.

A campaign event for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a candidate for the GOP presidential nomination, takes place at The Villages Sunday.

Community and calendar briefs for March 13, 2016.

In advance of the annual Sunshine Week, an initiative to educate the public about the importance of transparent government, the Ocala Star-Banner joined other news organizations throughout Florida in testing government officials’ willingness to comply with a public records request.

Girls aged 8 to 17, including members of the Young Eagle youth group of the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 812 of Ocala and the Dunnellon High School Air Force Jr. ROTC, got a close look at the world of aviation —some enjoying their first flight into the wild blue yonder — during Women of Aviation Worldwide Week.

A fire that claimed the life of a Hog Valley boy nearly a year ago has been ruled accidental and the cause was undetermined.

A family of four — three of them juveniles — were injured Saturday at a gun range when a young man accidentally discharged a shotgun and pellets struck six people nearby.