Lake County’s Keep Lake Beautiful is partnering with Lake County Solid Waste, Florida DEP and others for a volunteer-driven clean-up event on Jan. 24.
A horse trainer has been arrested by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office on animal cruelty charges for abusing a horse.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission will update the public on the state of Lake County’s Harris Chain of Lakes at a meeting on Jan. 28, 2026.
The cold temperatures did nothing to deter the thousands that turned out Monday morning for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. march, a more than one mile sojourn from the downtown square in Ocala to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Complex.
The Arc Marion has received a special subgrant to expand its access to digital literacy training for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
The Orange Blossom Gardens Lions Club presented Lady Lake-based nonprofit LovExtension with a $6,000 donation to support local outreach to seniors and the disabled.
The Villages Democratic Club will hold twin roadside demonstrations on Jan. 20, 2026, the first anniversary of the start of Donald Trump’s second term.
Look for rain to return to the 352 this week in the wake of the coldest temperatures the area has seen so far this winter.
Temperatures will be coldest in the Marion County region overnight Sunday into Monday.
No one was injured when a fire broke out at an Alachua hotel on Saturday, Jan. 17.