The first goal of the Ocala Gazette is to deliver trustworthy local journalism so corruption, misinformation and abuse are ...

Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, a former Senate president, took exception this week when the powerful Senate Rules ...

After more than two decades, the infamous man-eating plant Audrey II is making a triumphant, tendril-waving return to the ...

By Jennifer Hunt Murty [email protected] The Marion County Board of County Commissioners has voted to renew contracts ...

On Jan. 20, the Ocala City Council approved a proposal from E-Z-GO to manufacture 82 RXV gas golf carts and one Refresher ...

After a student last year killed two people and wounded five others at Florida State University, state lawmakers on Jan. 27 ...

Dory Funk Jr. poses with a replica of his Heavyweight Wrestling Champion of the World belt at his home in Ocala, Fla. on Friday, January 23, 2026. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette] 2026. He may be ...

A Senate committee on 5-3 party-line vote approved a Republican measure on Jan. 27 that would severely restrict cities and ...

Where did you sleep on the night of Jan. 21?That’s one of the questions members of the Ocala/ Marion County Joint Office on ...

Law enforcement and fire rescue services personnel responding to an address in northwest Ocala around noon on Jan. 27 found a man deceased on the ...