Today's News

If you’re watching TV and your cable suddenly goes out, it may not be the fault of the company. Someone may have stolen your cable box.
No, not the one that sits by your TV in the house, but the main amplifier outside that takes the signals and processes them to go to your house.
A series of thefts of those boxes in at least three counties, Marion, Lake and Sumter, has spread to the Corridor. There were at least two recent thefts in Cherrywood and one in Heath Brook.

Marion County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a suspect in a burglary at Sod Central on State Road 200 that took place in February.
Dennis Graham O’Neill, 44, of Southeast 28th Avenue, was accused of dealing in stolen property, burglary and grand theft.
He was a former employee of the business.
According to the report, the original investigation found that the business had been illegally entered at both the showroom and a storage area and various items were taken.

By Michel Northsea
Ten years ago, the late Ed McCracken wanted his wife, Irene, to buy one of the beautifully painted horses, but the prices went too high.
This year when the horses from the Horse Fever II went on the auction block at Live Oak Plantation, Irene McCracken was once again among the attendees.
“My goal was to have a painted horse because it is out of the ordinary. And no other place has something of this nature,” she said.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury is retiring the paper Social Security check for millions of baby boomers and others applying for federal benefits, a move that will save taxpayers $1 billion over the next 10 years. As of last May, anyone newly applying for Social Security, Veterans Affairs or other federal benefits will need to choose an electronic payment method – paper checks will no longer be an option. People currently receiving their federal benefits by paper check must switch to direct deposit by March 1, 2013.