Ocala

El Departamento de Correcciones de Florida organizó una competencia culinaria a nivel estatal para los prisioneros de las correcciones de Madison, Lancaster, Baker, Quincy, Lowell y South Bay siendo la cuarta edición.

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

The event took place from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. with a ribbon cutting ceremony, live music, food trucks, a special appearance of professional skateboarder Rodney Mullen and more

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.

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.

Ocala community members organized a vigil in downtown Ocala where dozens gathered Thursday night to honor 3-year-old Paisley Brown just one week after police say she was killed by her mother’s boyfriend.

In his 79 years of life, Georgia-born Newton Perry, was an underwater cinematographer, the swim coach at Ocala High School, founded Weeki Wachee Springs and opened Perry’s Swim School.

The $4.6 million public investment in a new fire station is Ocala’s proactive approach to support its community, city officials said, while extending the reach that the Ocala Fire Rescue team can serve.