Standing outside The Arts at the Canopy campus after a tour on July 9, Jeffrey Moore, the founder, owner and resident artist, ...

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The Marion County School Board this week voted 4-1 to award the construction management contract for the Belleview Elementary School Replacement project to Ausley Construction Co., LLC, following a ...

During recent budget workshops, local officials grappled with how sweeping state property tax legislation could impact Marion ...

Matt Wardell, conductor of the Ocala Symphony Orchestra, will again serve as managing director of the Reilly Arts Center. [Photo by Joshua Jacobs] Natalie McComb became executive director of the ...

The National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Incorporated, Greater Gainesville, FL Chapter has launched its nonpartisan 2026 ...

Hundreds of firefighters, law enforcement officers, family members and friends gathered June 26 at First Baptist Church of Ocala to honor the life of Evan Daniel Lewis, a 21-year-old Marion County ...

People cut the ribbon during Ocala Main Street’s Heart of the Park grand opening of the American Independence Exhibit and Education Center at Tuscawilla Park in Ocala, Fla. on Sunday, June 28, 2026.

Artist Maggie Weakley, shows the photo of her dog, Mio, on her phone that inspired her mural “The Rainbow Bridge,” that she painted in memory of her chihuahua, Mio, at the Humane Society of Marion ...

Paintball enthusiasts prepare for battle during a recent weekend at the Wayne’s World of Paintball field in Ocala. [Photo courtesy Jackie Dollack] Unless the owners/operators of Wayne’s World of ...

As Marion County grapples with explosive population growth, Sheriff Billy Woods presented his proposed budget to the Board of County Commissioners during a July 15 workshop, highlighting a pressing ...

If you do what you love, you never really feel like you're working, although sometimes you have to endure hardships along the ...