About 40 formerly homeless veterans living at the Ocala Ritz Veterans Village could face homelessness if alternate funding isn’t found to replace a lapsed grant, according to the facility’s operator.

Marion County commissioners approved a funding increase for the county's self-insured employee health plan on May 19, a move ...

Update following the 3pm May 20 press conference: Following the devastating fire at St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church in northwest Ocala on May 16, the church’s pastor, the Rev. Dr. Sha’Leda ...

Ron “Rondo” Fernandez, Wayne Parks and Troy Weaver, left to right, pose with Rondo’s 1971 Chevy K5 Blazer during the Rolling for the Rock Program car show at ARC Marion on Southeast Maricamp Road in ...

Memorial Day is celebrated at the end of May each year to honor those who lost their lives while serving in the Armed Forces.

A “Woody” plastic toy action figure from the “Toy Story” movie, minus his signature cowboy hat, and an underwater scooter, ...

Mitch Guerrera, right, works on his sand sculpture “What Building Code?” as people walk by and watch during the Sand & Sun Festival at CitizensÕ Circle in Ocala, Fla. on Saturday, May 16, 2026. [Bruce ...

The first goal of the Ocala Gazette is to deliver trustworthy local journalism so corruption, misinformation and abuse are not hidden from the public or unchallenged.

The Friends of the Ocala Christmas Parade have announced that Bernadette Castro has been named grand marshal of the 70th annual Ocala Christmas Parade. She will be representing her parents Bernard and ...

The College of Central Florida Webber Gallery will present the work of local artists in the exhibition “Constellation,” which ...