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Alachua Chronicle
Published September 10Local independent elementary school girls’ & boys’ running teams place 1st and 2nd in statewide competition
Team FTCKids running teams competed in the 13th Annual Horse Park Invitational cross country running meet on Saturday, Sept. 5, in Ocala. The elementary girls' team placed 1st out of 16 entering teams and 73 participants. The elementary boys' team placed 2nd out of 16 teams and…
Voice of South Marion
Published September 09Hit-and-Run Crash Kills Ocala Pedestrian; Driver Returns an Hour Later
A 29-year-old Ocala man was killed Wednesday morning after being struck by a vehicle along County Road 200A, and authorities…
Palatka Daily News
Published September 08Prep cross country: Rion 231st in loaded Horse Park Invitational
In a crowded race that saw 544 competitors, Peniel Baptist Academy’s Reed Rion finished 231st at the Ocala Horse Park Invitational on Saturday. Rion finished in a time of 18:17, followed behind him by Isaac Brantley (417th, 20:16), Myles Fletcher (446, 20:45), Ben Huntley (482nd,…
Voice of South Marion
Published September 08Man Found Sleeping in Garage After Allegedly Wandering onto Ocala Ranch
A Dunnellon man who told deputies he had been lost for three days and was attempting to follow the sunrise…
Bradford County Telegraph
Published September 08KHHS runners compete at Florida Horse Park Invitational
Cross-country runners Hunter Gray and Melody Tyre led the Keystone Heights High School boy and girls teams, respectively, as they competed at the 13th annual Florida Horse Park Invitational on Sept. 5 in Ocala. Gray, competing in a field of 544 runners, placed 183rd with a time…
Alachua Chronicle
Published September 05Ocala man arrested for threatening to shoot victim at Rosa Parks Transfer Station
Jonathan Leigh Montalvo II, 25, of Ocala, was arrested last night at the Rosa Parks Transfer Station after allegedly using the victim's phone to transfer cash to himself and then threatening to shoot the victim.