An anticipated multi-week lull was expected to follow the closure of the regular legislative session and a series of special sessions beginning in ...

State regulators last year took a synthetic opioid known as 7-OH off Florida shelves, but lawmakers ended the legislative ...

U.S. Navy and U.S Coast Guard veteran William Dorsey, center, is honored by Myles McConico the Veterans Helping Veterans ...

With average gas prices in Florida approaching $4 a gallon, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday there is no “simple fix” the state could enact. Democrats in ...

Marion County government officials discussed during the March 17 county commission meeting their evolving plans for marking ...

On an early June day in 1941, a beautiful baby girl was born into the William Primus Gary and Lee Colden families in Ocala. Her parents were Homer Fred ...

Florida may soon have new rules for electric bicycle users and to ease motorists' concerns about license plate frames. Also, Gov. Ron DeSantis will decide ...

World War II veteran Norman K. Schutt celebrated his 100th birthday on March 16 in southeast Ocala with family members, friends and fellow veterans, ...

The Marion County Board of County Commissioners has lifted the mandatory countywide burn ban due to current weather conditions and improved environmental ...

By Jennifer Hunt Murty Marion County's jail has experienced one of the highest inmate mortality rates over the last five years compared to any other ...

From the making of a president to untold stories of Native Americans, these events offer insights, rare documents and expert perspectives.Special to the “Ocala Gazette” In April, Master the ...

Many artists can pinpoint an “ah-hah” moment in their career. For Carmen De Santiago, that came when she surprised herself ...