Ocala Gazette Podcast — January 6, 2025

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.