Joe Callahan
Department: Ocala newsroom
Phone: 352-867-4113
Email: joe.callahan@starbanner.com
Beat/Position: Marion County Education Reporter
Related Articles - Joe Callahan
-
Not too much to love: Lovebugs are back again
Published May 16, 2013
Two times a year, lovebugs swarm across highways in front of vehicles, splattering windshields, clogging radiators and damaging paint jobs.
-
2 dead, 2 injured in crash near North Marion Middle School
Published April 4, 2013
The driver lost control of the car, and it ran off the roadway, slamming into a tree on the side of the road.
-
Appleton Museum aims to grow under Director Cindi Morrison
Published March 28, 2013
When Cindi Morrison became director of the Mulvane Art Museum at Washburn University in Topeka, Kan., in 2008, annual attendance at the 20,000-square-foot museum was about 50,000.
-
Women drive off armed invader, deputies say
Published March 10, 2013
Two sisters and their mother disarmed a masked home invader — the ex-husband of one of the sisters — early Sunday, a Marion County Sheriff's Office report states.
-
Possible sinkhole at North Marion High School
Published March 6, 2013
North Marion High School canceled a few home sporting events on Wednesday afternoon after a possible sinkhole was discovered on the baseball field.
-
Why so windy Saturday? High gusts fueled fires
Published March 4, 2013
Saturday morning started out like most any other late winter morning in Marion County. It was cool, and breezy, as a cold front marched into Florida.
-
Forecast: Cool weekend ahead with freeze likely Monday morning
Published February 28, 2013
A blast of arctic air moving into Florida is expected to bring another freeze on Monday, creating a nightmare for people who planted prematurely.
-
Forecast: Freezing temps on Friday, Saturday mornings
Published January 31, 2013
This winter's strongest cold front so far moved through Alachua County early Thursday, bringing arctic air that will settle over the area for several days.
-
Ocala couple in shooting had domestic violence history, records show
Published January 27, 2013
Two days before authorities say Nikki McNeil fatally shot her estranged boyfriend,a judge dismissed a domestic violence injunction she had sought against him.
-
19% of local classes exceed size limits
Published December 27, 2012
The Alachua County School District is the seventh worst violator of the class-size amendment, according to data from the Department of Education.
-
Drought, deluges recorded this year
Published December 26, 2012
In the end, Gainesville received 54.4 inches of rain between Jan. 1 and Dec. 25. The annual average is 46.46 inches.
-
2012 Alachua County rainfall exceeds average
Published December 26, 2012
It has been a roller coaster of a year when it comes to Alachua County rainfall, with the area jumping from drought to summer deluges and back to drought-like conditions again.
-
Jupiter ‘visits' for Christmas
Published December 24, 2012
Just after sunset Tuesday, as Christmas Day comes to a close, there will be a late present — for astronomy buffs, at least — looming in the sky to the east-southeast.
-
Train hits car, Citra man hospitalized, FHP reports
Published December 9, 2012
A 25-year-old Citra man was critically injured when he drove around a railroad crossing gate and was struck by a train early Sunday morning, according to the Marion County Sheriff's Office.
-
More cool weather today; chilly temps tonight
Published October 29, 2012
The region's sudden onset of winter conditions will continue today with temperatures in the 60s.