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Last year, Marion County’s poverty rate was two percent higher than the state average.
Read More »Marion County Holds Poverty Seminar
Jesse Terrell Found Not Guilty
Jesse Terrell was found not guilty in his trial for the use of excessive force in the arrest of Derrick Price with a unanimous jury decision this afternoon in Senior U.S. District Judge William Terrell Hodges' courtroom at the U.S .District Courthouse in Ocala.
Read More »Ex-deputies Fitzgerald and Crawford Testify in Terrell Trial
Two of the Marion County deputies involved in August 2014 beating of Derrick Price testified yesterday that they did not feel as if they were in danger or believe that Price had a firearm in his possession as they were arresting him. On top of that the deputies, Trevor Fitzgerald and Adam …
Read More »New Marion County Sales Tax To Benefit Fire Rescue
A new sales tax in Marion County meant to help the county’s fire department won’t be available until January. Officials are saying they will spend part of the money from a recently passed sales-tax referendum on public-safety projects, which include upgrading technology used by the Marion County Fire Rescue. “Where I want …
Read More »Voter Participation Center Mailings Cause Confusion In Marion County
Marion County Center of Elections warns voters letters about their registration distributed by the Voters Participation Center may not be accurate.
Read More »Marion County Seeks Public Input On Future Parks In Meetings
Marion County resident Lanette Woods said that Baseline Road Trailhead Park is the only park she goes to. “We’ve tried a few of the other ones and it’s not nearly as nice, [they don’t] have nice equipment and it’s packed,” Woods said. Woods, along with other residents of Marion County, …
Read More »Marion County Breaks Ground On New $63M Senior Community
The project is scheduled for completion in the summer of 2017, with pre-leasing and pre-employment beginning in summer 2016.
Read More »For Privatization Stand, Marion County Library Groups Get Award
The seven independent groups worked together to fight privatization and budget cuts threatening the Marion County Library System.
Read More »Prosecution Wants Bigger Juror Pool In Ex-Deputy Terrell Trial
Charles Hollman, Terrell’s defense attorney, said he understood wanting to expand the radius of potential jurors.
Read More »Ocala Man Killed In Domestic Disturbance Shooting
An Ocala man died Wednesday morning after a domestic disturbance turned into a shooting Tuesday evening.
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