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All-Marion County Girls Tennis team and player of the year finalists from this spring
In a sport where love means nothing there's a lot passion on tennis court around Marion County. Whether you're a first year athlete building life long skills or you've had a racket in your hand since you could. We had several athletes flirt with undefeated seasons including last year's player...
City of Ocala, SunTran to close for Memorial Day
The City of Ocala will observe Memorial Day on Monday, May 27, with city offices closing in observance of the holiday. The SunTran bus system and service phone lines will also be closed on Monday, May 27, with regular service routes resuming on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. The bus system...
Four years later
Marion County’s first appointed school superintendent, Diane Gullet, oversees a record-high enrollment of 45,651 children and approximately 6,600 employees. That daily population is akin to managing a city of tens of thousands of children. We can’t fathom the level of challenges that entails. She doesn’t direct this from...
Leesburg city manager shares financial impacts of Cutrale plant closure with commissioners
LEESBURG — The city budget will take a big hit when the Cutrale Citrus Juices USA plant shuts down in July. “Cutrale is a major gas and electric customer,” City Manager Al Minner wrote Thursday in an email to city commissioners. The city’s electric utility collects $1.1 million per year from the company. ...
Assistant public defender for 5th Judicial Circuit faces second domestic battery charge
An assistant public defender accused of his hitting his wife was re-arrested Wednesday on a second domestic battery charge, the latest involving his daughter. Walter Leonard Flinn, a lawyer with the Public Defender's Office for the 5th Judicial Circuit, was taken into custody by deputies on May 20. Flinn is accused of punching his wife and hitting her with a laptop after the two were talking about their finances the day before, a report states.
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