4 days ago · Annual PIT Count conducted The survey is a census of the homeless who are sheltered and unsheltered in Marion County on a given day.

Dec 30, 2024 · TALLAHASSEE --- A smattering of new state laws will arrive with the new year, but the highest-profile change — restricting access to social media for

Jan 3, 2025 · Support community journalism The first goal of the Ocala Gazette is to deliver trustworthy local journalism so corruption, misinformation and abuse are not hidden from the public or unchallenged.

Dec 26, 2024 · Support community journalism The first goal of the Ocala Gazette is to deliver trustworthy local journalism so corruption, misinformation and abuse are not hidden from the public or unchallenged.

Dec 23, 2024 · A contractor has been selected to make improvements to a park in Reddick that will become the town’s first public park, in partnership with Marion County. The park at 15630 NW Gainesville Rd. Reddick is slated for improvements to Reddick Park, including restrooms, sidewalks and a new parking lot, constructed by Foundation Services of Central Florida Inc. “Marion County, in…

Dec 28, 2024 · The fans who paid to watch Friday night's game between North Marion and Vanguard certainly got their money's worth. The triple-overtime affair was the seventh game of the first day of the prestigious Kingdom of the Sun Tournament, which is celebrating its 50th year after being started in 1974 by former Vanguard basketball coach and icon Jim Haley. North Marion…

File photo: The Marion County Commission meets as hundreds of people fill the Marion County Commission auditorium to oppose the Jumbolair expansion during the Marion County Commission meeting in Ocala, Fla. on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2204. The Jumbolair expansion proposal was withdrawn before the meeting started. 200 people signed up to speak against the expansion. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette] 2024.

Dec 26, 2024 · After posing questions about response times in the city to fire/medical calls earlier this year, the “Gazette” can report some progress. We’ve ascertained

Apr 23, 2024 · Bookended by blockbuster musicals, with plenty of magic and mystery in between, Ocala Civic Theatre’s (OCT) 2024-2025 season lineup got a rousing reception from around 180 theatergoers at the 74th Season Reveal Party on April 15. For OCT Executive and Artistic Director Greg Thompson, the best part of the reveal event was “the people in the house.” “We had a…

The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Commemorative Commission hosts a march in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and in support of Dr. King’s legacy against injustice and inequality. Participants will first arrive at the MLK Recreational Complex with shuttles to downtown. Line up begins at 8am, with the march to the MLK Recreational Complex scheduled to begin at 9. For more information, visit bit ...