This will be the second Olympic games for Ocala eventer Will Coleman. He competed in the 2012 Olympic games in London.
Ocala Police Chief Mike Balken strongly believes in community policing as a crime prevention strategy. He says the idea is to get people involved in their own safety and security,
Alachua County says a new federal grant will help provide much needed infrastructure improvements in an underserved area.
Erynn Ballard who grew up and started her career as a professional equestrian in Ocala, makes the Canadian Olympic team.
Artist April Fitzpatrick uses color, textures, composition, and pineapple, to explore the consequences and traumas of slavery and the stress caused by inequity and racial disparities.
North Central Florida’s equine community came together this week to raise funds for the Black Stallion Reading Project which provides the acclaimed book to 4th grade students in Marion County and exposure to horses and equine-related opportunities.
Huey Street from Gamble Street to St. Clair Street will close to through traffic beginning July 2.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement tracked down 25-year-old Alex Lopez at a motel in Kissimmee and arrested him Wednesday evening.
“We may not be able to erase the pain, the anguish or the memory, but what we can do is what we’re going to do here, letting her neighbors know that she’s one of us, she belongs to us, and we belong to her,” said Rev. Milford Griner, senior pastor at Mount Zion United Methodist Church in Reddick.
Marion County Animal Services hopes to lift the suspension in about a week. The shelter says dog operations are not impacted.
