For the first time since May 22, Marion Reservoir no longer faces a blue-green algae advisory or warning, and what had been a warning for Marion County Lake was lowered Friday to a less serious watch.

Exposure to neurotoxins present in anabaena cyanobacteria (a strain of blue-green algae) include stumbling or falling, foaming at the mouth, tremors and seizures, convulsions, loss of appetite, ...

Thirty people packed Tampa Senior Center and watched Monday night as water operator Autumn Chisholm stormed out halfway through a Rural Water District No. 1 board meeting. More than a week of dark ...

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Rabies typically takes three to eight weeks to show up in cats. Anyone who went to the lake for the Fourth of July weekend might have encountered the infected animal even before it was obvious it was ...

Two people, including 92-year-old Dorothy F. Conyers of Marion, were killed in separate wrecks Saturday in Marion County. Conyers died at 6:09 p.m. Saturday when a southbound 2022 Lincoln Nautilus in ...

The water industry recommends a treatment process when iron and manganese levels are exceeded; the district uses a polyphosphate solution to treat the chemicals but is looking at altering the ...

Some editions of last week’s paper misspelled the name of Tampa State Bank president Micky Lundy in an article about the bank’s acquisition and misstated her relationship with former bank president ...

Hillsboro City Council voted Tuesday to notify the county clerk to increase tax revenue by exceeding the revenue-neutral rate of 37.989 and set its mill rate at 42. The decision came after city ...

Funeral services for Dorothy F. Conyers, 92, who passed away July 12, 2025, in a motor vehicle accident near Peabody, will be 10 a.m. Saturday, July 19, 2025, at Eastmoor United Methodist Church, ...

Abilene resident Greg Wilson was elected Monday night to replace Scott Hill as District 70 state representative. Hill resigned June 26 to become a state senator in District 24, which includes Saline ...

Gfeller has practiced massage therapy since 2006 and opened her business in 2020. Extensive sitting can cause poor posture, which can lead to neck and back pain, she said. To solve posture issues, ...