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Sitel has been operating in Ocala for four years and is once again poised to make numerous hires.

Morning, slackers: Well, it’s Mother’s Day. If you goofed around and didn’t get reservations for a fancy place, then just run out and get ingredients to make her cookies, or a card or some chocolate, or … something. Or just call her, for crying out loud.

For Caroline Gruber, a paid internship at Immersed Games through the STEM Ready grant-funded training program meant she could afford to move to Gainesville while finishing her masters in video game development at the University of Central Florida in Orlando and get a start in her chosen field.

Women who spent the afternoon in downtown Gainesville recently offer their advice to new moms and talk about the advice they wish they'd received before becoming a mom.

Recent blasting at a limestone mine shook houses and startled residents of a nearby Newberry neighborhood, but were just within state limits for noise and ground vibration.

Nyquist stormed into the lead on the turn for home and won the Kentucky Derby to become just the eighth undefeated horse to win the Run for the Roses.

Authorities say a 25-year-old St. Cloud man faces murder charges, accused of shooting and killing his older brother over a cheeseburger.

Not sure how blueberries are involved, but looks fun: The annual blueberry festival in Island Grove includes a yard sale, breakfast, chicken dinner, bake sale, turkey shoot, cake contest, craft vendors, live music and kid activities. Benefits the Cross Creek Volunteer Fire Department. 8 a.m. till 4 p.m., State Road 301 and County Road 325.

Jamie Lynn Gilt, the Jacksonville gun rights advocate who was accidentally shot by her young son while driving in Putnam County, has entered an agreement that requires her to complete a gun safety course, give speeches on the incident and meet other conditions to avoid prosecution.

How do you narrow down 17-year-old Sophia Eikenberry's greatest accomplishments? Is it the perfect score she achieved recently on the ACT college readiness test? Her aptitude in the classroom? Her prowess as a musician? Her compassion as a humanitarian? What about her natural athleticism?