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Local cardiologist Dr. Asad Qamar, the target of a federal whistleblower lawsuit and banned from Medicare reimbursement, is close to settling the case.

The Marion County Spring Manufacturing and More Job Fair will take place 9 a.m. to noon Thursday at the College of Central Florida's Klein Conference Center, 3001 SW College Road, Ocala.

Chief Deputy Fred LaTorre, the No. 2 man at the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, is retiring.

Community and calendar briefs for May 24, 2016,in Marion County, Florida.

Interim Sheriff Emery Gainey held a press conference Monday afternoon — his second since former Sheriff Chris Blair’s departure — to talk about how impressed he is with the staff and that he had met with almost everyone in the department for his assessment.

Pete Anderson, a former Baptist preacher turned teacher, has dropped out of the race for superintendent of schools.

The second annual Pey It Forward Fun Run will honor a popular teenage high-schooler who died at age 15 and benefit the families of some children with serious medical conditions.

When Anthony Quirello was deciding on a name for his fledgling business, he chose one with a meaning: Spartan Lawns.

With a seemingly complete Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen flanking U.S. 441 in Belleview, residents can practically taste the chicken.

Crime scene video shows Dustin Heathman walking right up to then-Sheriff Chris Blair on the day of Heathman's arrest.