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The Marion County Sheriff's Office has sent a letter of intent to Seritage SRC Finance, the owner of the old Sears building in the Paddock Mall, offering $4 million for the property. According to records, the property is currently...
Marion County -- According to the Marion County Board of County Commissioners, the first four years of the Penny Sales Tax generated $167 million to fund public safety improvements and road projects throughout the county.
Now, the county wants residents...
In a press release Friday, Marion County school officials reported that 30 people -- 8 employees and 22 students -- tested positive for COVID-19 between the dates of October 16-22.
Direct contact quarantines include 234 students and 18 employees.
Schools and...
Ocala, Florida -- The Florida Department of Health says that Marion County is moving in a positive direction as far as local COVID-19 cases. The department says they are seeing a drop in the number of new cases reported...
Ocala — The Department of Health in Marion County is reporting 1,043 cumulative cases of COVID-19 as of this morning. This is an addition of 57 cases from yesterday and 793 cases from June 1. Key themes in new...
OCALA, Fla.— DOH-Marion is reporting 315 cumulative cases of COVID-19 as of Monday. The most recent individuals confirmed to have the virus are:
27-year-old male from Ocala
45-year-old female from Ocala
54-year-old female from Ocala
55-year-old male from Dunnellon
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Below is the Marion County Public School updates and actions related to COVID-19:
· “Parking Lot Wi-Fi” is now available at three schools and coming to seven more. North Marion High, North Marion Middle, and Vanguard High parking lots now...
Marion County - Members of the Marion County School Board unanimously chose Dr. Diane Gullett to be its first-ever appointed superintendent starting this fall.
Gullett serves as deputy superintendent of Clark County Schools in Las Vegas, Nevada, the country’s fifth-largest...
A 49-year-old female from Marion County passed away over the weekend after contracting COVID-19.
She was an Ocala resident and did not have any underlying health conditions. This is the third death related to COVID-19 in Marion County.
Florida Department of...
Marion County received confirmation of five additional cases of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, today. This brings Marion County’s total case count to 55.
The most recent individuals confirmed to have the virus are a 26-year-old female, two 29-year-old females, a...
OCALA, Fla.— The Florida Department of Health in Marion County (DOH-Marion) has continued heavy activities this week as part of its response to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.
As part of continued local and state efforts to help the public understand,...
Marion County -- Managing chronic health conditions can be overwhelming, but it’s a reality that many residents face.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 78 percent of US adults age 55 and over have at least one...
Three children were injured and transported to Advent Health Wednesday after their school bus struck a SUV.
Florida Highway Patrol troopers said a Marion County School bus, driven by Stephen Nelson, 76, was traveling west on County Road 316 when...
On January 28, Marion County School Board members held a meeting in regards to Mike Hickman, the Belleview High School dean and Marine veteran who was suspended without pay for using prescribed marijuana.
Board members said that they made a...
Marion County -- Marion County remains under a mosquito-borne illness advisory due to eastern equine encephalitis activity.
In an August press release, Florida Department of Health Operations director Craig Ackerman, said, “The risk of disease being spread from mosquitoes to...
Ocala, Florida -- A killer was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after being convicted of First-Degree Murder.
The sentencing stemmed from the 2014 death of 1-year-old Jayden Green.
Kendall Corey Dustin Blyden, 29, was originally charged with Aggravated Child Abuse,...
Marion County -- The Marion County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a baby.
In an e-mail, Marion County Sheriff’s Office Assistant Public Information Officer, Lauren Lettelier, wrote, "Due to the sensitive nature of the case, we cannot release...
Ocala, Florida -- A man was arrested after Marion County sheriff's deputies say he fired several shotgun rounds into an occupied home.
The incident happened on Northeast 172nd Place, Ocala.
The victim told deputies that he and the suspect, Kevin Cornelius...
The Volusia County Sheriff's Office is still investigating the death of an Ocala man who jumped from a moving truck Saturday.
Deputies say three co-workers from Ocala drove to Volusia County to go fishing and get a group tattoo.
According...
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