Ocala Gazette Podcast episode for the week of January 6, 2025.
In this edition, we recap some of the reporting from last year and the impact it had, and take a look at the work of beauty pageant contestant and nonprofit CEO Casana Fink, a graduate of Forest High School and Miss Florida winner who competed in the 2025 Miss America Pageant,
We also remember the life of Buddy Mackay, a former U.S. representative and governor of Florida who lived in Ocala, who passed away on December 31. And finally, tell the story of Steven Cabrera, a paramedic whose off-duty heroism saved the life of a man in a burning car on I-75.