Now is a great opportunity to enjoy summer tubing in Dunnellon. Thanks to Jodie Mahns for sharing!

Now is a great opportunity to enjoy summer tubing in Dunnellon. Thanks to Annette Spehar for sharing!

Check out the early moon rising over southeast Ocala above the setting sun horizon over a horse farm in western Marion County. Thanks to Brian Richards for sharing!

This beautiful shot of the sun shining through the rainstorm was captured above I-75 off of the 484 exit. Thanks to Crystal Arnhold for sharing!

It was a stormy evening over northwest Ocala. Thanks to Donna Candow for sharing!

It was a beautiful day for fishing on this Ocala Horse Farm. Thanks to Alexandrea Baker for sharing!

The City Gallery at Ocala City Hall highlights recently completed and ongoing projects across the city. Visit city hall at 110 SE Watula Avenue to see it in person.

A resident of northwest Ocala is hoping the city will make an exception for his pet pigeons after he was instructed he could no longer keep them.

Agendas are the “grocery lists” that keep Ocala, and all local government meetings, from veering out of focus. An agenda sets forth the topics to be discussed at any meeting of a governmental body. Across the county, every meeting of the Ocala City Council, local advisory boards, the Marion County Commission, or any other governmental agency or department has an agenda list.

Jenny Hoosac, a fourth-grade teacher at Sunrise Elementary School, has been awarded the first ever "Gold Star Teacher of the Year" from a national organization for educators. A 12-year teaching veteran and Dunnellon High School graduate, Hoosac will receive thousands of dollars in prizes, including a cash scholarship for her classroom and a three-day Disney vacation. Leave your thanks and congratulations to Hoosac for a job well done.

The Ocala City Council with meet with the City Attorney’s office in a shade meeting to discuss potentially settling a lawsuit brought about by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of multiple, local homeless individuals who say the city's panhandling laws are unconstitutional.

The Ambleside School was approved as a Local Historic Landmark during the July 20 meeting of the Ocala City Council.

A second reported shooting at a local apartment complex in less than 24 hours has left one victim dead and another suffering from gunshot wounds at a local hospital.

Thoughts and prayers to the friends and family of Isaiah Wiggins, a 19-year-old Marion Technical College student who was killed in a crash this week at the intersection of NE 3rd Street and NE 10th Avenue.

The Ambleside School was approved as a Local Historic Landmark during the July 20 meeting of the Ocala City Council.

Marion County Public Schools is being honored for its public relations efforts during the last school year by the National School Public Relations Association.

“It’s very concerning, the lack of truth that’s placed in this letter. The reasoning that’s placed in this letter isn’t substantiated...There isn’t an announced investigation, this was abrupt" - An attorney representing former Ocala Fire Chief Shane Alexander addressed the city’s termination letter during a recent meeting of the Ocala City Council.

Marion County Public Schools will start the new school year on August 10 with optional face coverings, full-capacity athletic and arts events, and common student spaces. Face coverings can be worn by any student, staff member, or campus visitor/volunteer who feels it necessary to do so.