Micanopy (pronounced “mick-ah-NO-pee”) might be Florida’s best-kept secret – a place where time doesn’t just slow down; it seems to pool like afternoon shadows beneath the town’s majestic oak trees.

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Proceeds of the sale benefit children and adult programs, materials, audio and ebooks, and staff development at Ocala main, Reddick, Ft. McCoy, and Sankofa branches of the Marion County Public Library ...

Marion County’s fire-rescue chief pronounced the 81-year-old man dead at the scene, according to the report. Troopers suspect the man wasn’t wearing a seat belt during the crash.

The Ocala Police Department, collaborating with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and the Lake City Police Department, engaged in explicit online communication with individuals who believed ...

Ocala, Florida, began the formal process of removing fluoride from its water supply to be in compliance with a new state law banning fluoride from public water supplies.

Ocala Wetland Recharge Park in Marion County is closed after several sinkholes opened, the city said.

Preliminary data from the 2025 US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s required annual census of homeless people in Marion County, which is taken on one day and is known as the PIT, or Point ...

These days, more than 1,200 horse farms in Ocala/Marion County pamper more than 35,000 of these noble beasts, from sleek thoroughbreds to gentle Clydesdales and flamboyant Gypsy Vanners.

The Marion County (Florida) district has broken ground on a $154 million high school in Ocala. Ocala-News.com reports that the campus, the first new high school in the district in more than 20 years, ...

Hurricane Milton brought wind, rain and power outages to Marion County, but no reports of serious injuries or major damage.

As of Wednesday morning, Marion County and Ocala city officials said more than 80,000 sandbags have been distributed to residents. The nine sandbag locations opened Sunday.