Marion County

Four elected offices will be on the ballot for Ocala’s special municipal elections on Tuesday, but only the offices of mayor and City Council District 3 are contested races. Incumbent Mayor Ben Marciano faces challenger Zackary Arbor Feliciano, and District 3 incumbent Jay A. Musleh faces challengers Mark W. Clark and TamBoura Jenkins.

21 dogs are up for adoption after a boarding dispute between DogWalker Ranch and the dogs’ previous owner, accused of never picking his dogs up from the center in Ocala, Florida.

In addition to helping children read, the mini horses also visit cancer patients, trauma victims, hospice patients, those who have disabilities and the elderly.

The Marion County Board of Commissioners met with the Ocala City Council in a public workshop on Thursday to discuss implementing emergency medical services impact fees on new developments within the city.

Demonstrators attended a protest along East Silver Springs Boulevard in Ocala on Saturday to express their opposition to President Donald Trump and his administration.

In hopes of reducing vehicle conflict points while encouraging safer driving speeds, the Florida Department of Transportation proposed enhancements to the 3.3-mile strip of State Road 200 by replacing portions of the multi-directional center lane – considered “suicide lanes” – with a raised concrete median.

The district averaged over one expulsion and two alternative placements per day across the first 80 days of school.

Marion County’s high school graduation rate of 80.3% for the 2023-2024 school year increased from its 77.9% rate for the 2022-2023 school year, according to a report released in January.

Officials from the College of Central Florida and the Ocala Metro Chamber & Economic Partnership celebrated the grand opening of the AdventHealth Center for Nursing on Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Central Florida Ocala Campus.

Susan Lorincz, the Marion County woman convicted of fatally shooting her neighbor, currently faces up to 30 years in prison. The victim’s family spoke out in hopes the court will order the maximum punishment at her sentencing on Nov. 25.