
Marion County hasn’t had a Teacher of the Year in the state finals since 2017.
A Sumter County Commissioner confirmed Costco will be built on County Road 466 near Hobby Lobby with a projected opening date in 2025.

24-year-old Mia Farley has received the prestigious Jacqueline B. Mars Spring National Competition and Training Grant.
Duke Energy says the average residential customer’s monthly bill will drop by almost $6.

Chiles Elementary School food service assistant Angela Kelly was selected as one of five School Lunch Heroes statewide for 2024.
The Alachua County Public School district says it has not received notification from the state changing the results of the Newberry Elementary School conversion vote. The district previously indicated the vote had failed.

11-year-old Michael Seegobin advances to the finale which airs in two parts starting on Monday, May 13, at 8 p.m. on FOX.

A small aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing on Sunday night after its landing gear malfunctioned.
The health department says the racoons were captured in the Rainbow Lakes Estates and southwest Ocala areas in Marion County in late April.

At one point Friday evening, traffic was backed up for at least three miles in Sumter County near the U.S. Highway 301 exit for Wildwood.