OCALA, Florida, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, Maria Chapa Lopez, issued the following news release: United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the filing of a criminal complaint charging Howard D. Farley, Jr. (72, Weirsdale) with passport fraud. Farley was arrested on December 2, 2020. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. According to the complaint, in or around February 2020, Farley submitted a passport application u  more

OCALA, Florida, Dec. 4 (TNSMon) -- The College of Central Florida Foundation issued the following news release: * * * The College of Central Florida Foundation has received a gift of approximately $6 million from the estate of Mary Brent Kraus to benefit the foundation's Scholarships Taking Elementary Promising Students to CF (STEPS) program and the Appleton Museum of Art education programs. This gift sums up a lifetime of giving to support students and the arts in Marion County and is the lar  more