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This story is part of our guide, Florida Votes 2016, leading up to the Nov. 8 election. Check your voter registration status here.

For the fifth year in a row, Florida received funding from the USDA to promote better access to veterinary treatment in rural areas, which are currently underserved by veterinarians. But this is the first time the money has gone to a veterinarian serving North Central Florida, an area in need of more large-animal vets.

To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the Ocala Turkey Trot will be including a kid's dodgeball tournament, a 10k race, and a virtual option for those who can't attend. It will also be the first event of the new Big Hammock Race Series, a collection of annual races around Ocala.

A Florida man who claimed in online forums to have inspired terrorists in Australia and Texas was arrested after telling an informant how to build a homemade bomb to attack a 9/11 memorial in Missouri, according to a criminal complaint.

The Columbia County Water Conservation project encourages commercial buildings to decrease water usage by upgrading to high efficiency plumbing models. This project will reduce the amount of water used per flush in a toilet, which can save about 90,000 gallons each day and 32.8 gallons per year.

Almost two years after the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission closed Suwannee Lake to the public for renovations, some of the changes are now visible. For almost 50 years, the lake has provided a natural habitat for wildlife in North Florida, as well as a popular fishing spot for …

An abandoned house in Gainesville became a home for a group of individuals that call themselves "dirty kids." The dirty kids feel that they are different from homeless people.