State emergency management officials are preparing for a major hurricane potentially making landfall in the western Panhandle ...

Local law enforcement is cracking down on the sale of kratom to people under 21, having made busts at eight Ocala businesses ...

The College of Central Florida hosted a groundbreaking ceremony Oct. 1 for a new Criminal Justice Institute at its main ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for 25 counties in the Panhandle on Tuesday evening, in preparation Tropical ...

When Ocala Police Department Chief Michael Balken asked this morning at OPD’s community room, “If I can get all of the mayors upfront,” six people, including Ocala’s current mayor and five ...

A 64-year-old Tampa man died Oct. 4 as the result of a single-vehicle crash in northwest Marion County, the Florida Highway ...

World Equestrian Center leaders are proposing a massive sports complex to be built on 236 acres of pastureland that was intended for low-density equestrian estate homes on large lots and polo fields.

In addition to fighting fires and responding to accident scenes, Marion County Fire Rescue answered about 2,150 lift assist ...

Editor’s Note: The cutline on the booking photo added to this story in the a.m. of 6/26 has been corrected from served 30 days to sentenced to 30 days jail or $465 ...

The 65th season of the Ira Holmes International Film Series at the College of Central Florida will celebrate the 250th ...

Sample page included with the annual TRIM (Truth in Millage) notice sent to county taxpayers by Marion County Property Appraiser Jimmy H. Cowan Jr., CFA. The Marion County Board of County ...

This article came about when the author visited the newly opened Obama Presidential Center Museum in Chicago and saw the ...