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Sgt. Tyson Collins, who has been with the agency for more than a decade, is being investigated by the department and has been notified about the probe.

A federal judge has sentenced an Ocala man, who was a former youth pastor in Stuart , to 45 years in prison for production and distribution of child pornography.

A state corrections officer was arrested Friday morning on a warrant for bribery, unlawful compensation as a public servant and resisting an officer without violence.

A transgender bathroom ban will continue in Marion County schools, despite a warning from the Obama administration on Friday that school districts could face a lawsuit and lose federal funding if they don’t allow transgender students to use the restroom of their choice.
A majority of School Board members told the Star-Banner on Friday that they will not back down from their April 26 decision requiring students to use the bathroom appropriate for their sex at birth, not their current gender identity.

A man was charged Wednesday with five counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after, deputies say, he chased a corrections work crew with a machete.

On this issue, Marion County has been in the spotlight since the School Board restricted bathroom usage to students based on birth sex, not gender identity.

Joe Signorile, a professor with the University of Miami School Of Medicine’s Center on Aging, told a packed house Thursday a 75-year-old person using a tailored exercise program can function like a 35-year-old.

Community and calendar briefs for May 13, 2016, in Marion County, Florida.

The Marion County Sheriff's Office has issued a Silver Alert for Mildred Blunt, 71, who was reported missing from her Flemington home.

Dr. Asad Qamar and his wife and their Institute of Cardiovascular Excellence owe Marion County $237,901 in delinquent real estate and tangible taxes for 2015.