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Patricia Hughes said she doesn’t want to end up as a hood ornament as she walks across the intersection of Northwest 35th Street and Pine Avenue

Think the roads you drive are not as safe as they used to be? You're right.

A young Florida black bear was drawing crowds Sunday in Silver Springs Shores as it rested high in a pine tree off Pine Road.

Community and calendar briefs for May 22, 2016, in Marion County, Florida.

Revenge was sweet for a Marion County-connected horse in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes. Exaggerator prevailed in the muddy race, beating Nyquist — the favorite, which also was broken and trained in Marion — and ensuring there would be no Triple Crown winner this year.

Long before Roxanne Manzone “arrived” in Ocala, she was living a lie. She always thought about coming out as Roxanne, but instead lived the life of Jim Manzone — a model train enthusiast, husband, father of two and Ocala police officer.

Miss Florida MaryKatherine Fechtel joined the Silver Springs Professional Dive team in their monthly underwater maintenance at Silver River State Park on Saturday.

Exaggerator has won the Preakness, ruining Nyquist's bid to become horse racing's second Triple Crown winner in two years.

The arrest of Marion County Sheriff Chris Blair on perjury and misconduct charges Friday has brought back painful memories for many Sheriff's Office veterans.

A 61-year-old Oxford woman caught naked with a 15-year-old boy was charged with lewd and lascivious exhibition on a victim under 16, Ocala police said.