Marion County commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to foreclose on code-enforcement liens at a Summerfield lot that staff say has stayed a junk and recreational-vehicle nuisance since 2020, even after the county cleaned it twice.
Gates open at 4 p.m. and the match starts at 5 p.m., with Tailgate & Treat, costume contests and a Brooke USA mini-horse meet-and-greet on the sideline
Marion County commissioners sent proposed food truck and roadside vendor rules back to staff after operators said the Aug. 26 draft was too vague to follow.
Pam Thompson turned her old Event Warehouse on State Road 40 into a multi-vendor antique and vintage mall beside Silver Springs State Park.
Developers behind Ocala’s FedEx-Chewy commerce park want 535 homes and a hotel at the unfinished I-75 / 49th Street exit; Buc-ee’s across the interstate cannot open until that interchange is done in 2028.
Ocala’s Fundelivered co-founders Rebecca Dallman and Jena Butler will pitch their unclaimed-mail mystery boxes on ABC’s “Shark Tank” Season 18 premiere Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 9 p.m., with MrBeast joining the panel.
Caleb Fischer Ray, 27, is charged with lewd and lascivious battery and unlawful sexual activity with a minor; he posted $150,000 bond. Police ask anyone with information to call detectives.
Palm Chevrolet co-owner Craig Bachrodt is running the Berlin Marathon on Sept. 27 for Smile Train, the cleft-care charity he has supported for two decades, with a 3:50 time goal and his late mother as his “why.”
After delaying the plan in August for community meetings, the board restored Wyomina Park, Fordham Early Learning Academy, and Bridgeway Academy to its five-year Future-Focused Operations Plan and said the Wyomina Park campus will stay open.
Marion County commissioners heard a Loudoun County warning on water, power and jobs, then split over whether a year-long data-center pause should start at 50 megawatts or 20.