Marion County

The team from the Lowell Correctional Institution in Ocala took first place in the Florida Department of Corrections Statewide Culinary Arts Competition Wednesday.

The Marion County School Board is asking for input from area parents on rezoning plans.

Starting April 8, the city of Dunnellon will charge for parking at City Hall and at Datesman Park.

Two hundred vendors and people from across Marion County turned out at the McPherson Complex Saturday for Marion County Day, an annual festival celebrating local pride.

The Brick City chapter of the Punishers Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club partnered with the Dandelion Project on Saturday to raise awareness for the need for family grief support and bereavement resources.

The Dunnellon City Council rejected a motion to seek an injunction against CSX over February's rail tie fire. But the city attorney says there may still be other legal pathways.

Though there are no orange groves left in Citra after multiple freezes, members of the improvement society enjoy using the Orange-A-Fair to reflect on memories of when there were.

For the first time in the 157-year history of Marion County Public Schools, three educators in the same school were recognized for three separate honors: Principal of the Year, Rookie Teacher of the Year and Teacher of the Year.

Back in the 1940s, one man’s love for swimming and underwater filmmaking helped share their beauty with the rest of the country. His name was Newton Perry, known as the Father of Florida’s Springs, and his hometown of Ocala is honoring that legacy in a special way.

The Ocala City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to rezone about 30 acres along West Silver Springs Boulevard from a previously approved mixed-use housing development to light industrial use, after the developer said apartment market saturation had stalled the original plan.