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Ocala police have arrested a 20-year-old man and accused him of burglarizing nearly a dozen vehicles in the northeast part of town.

New Sheriff Emery Gainey has agreed to create a Citizens Advisory Board, something that both a grand jury and the local NAACP branch have been pushing for in the wake of deputies admitting that they have used excessive force during arrests.

Local law enforcement officials are investigating three shootings that occurred between Friday afternoon and early Saturday morning in Ocala and Marion County. The victims, all males, suffered non-life threatening injuries. No arrests have been made.

The Belmont Stakes on Saturday will test the endurance of at least six Marion County-connected horses racing in the grueling, 1½-mile third leg of the Triple Crown.

Two Marion County men have been arrested in connection with the death of a restaurant employee in The Villages.

Attention, all Marion County students who are entering sixth grade and all teachers who will be teaching them: The Ocala Star-Banner is offering a new writing opportunity called “Showcase for Young Writers.” This is an opportunity for students’ work to be published on our website, Ocala.com.

A Williston woman is recovering in the hospital after falling from a moving vehicle Thursday in the 6500 block of East State Road 40.

A Marion County Sheriff’s Office detective arrested a 69-year-old Silver Springs Shores man Thursday for molesting a girl.

BELLEVIEW - Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a home invasion/robbery in Belleview early Wednesday.

An 88-year-old Dunnellon man who had been reported missing died early Friday after a stop stick-related crash along Interstate 75.