Salt Springs and Ocala National Forest areas. "I counted about 100 people myself and I would be surprised if the total was not at least 300 unsheltered homeless," Downing said. The 2019 PIT ...

The annual Point In Time count — a federally required survey of homeless people sleeping unsheltered outdoors and in shelters countywide — was taken in Marion County on Wednesday, Jan. 24.

OCALA, Fla. — A suspect is in custody and another is sought by authorities after they dumped 2,780 pounds of trash at Ocala National Forest earlier this month, according to the Florida Fish ...

Teams sought homeless persons at locations including secluded encampments, near roadways, business parking lots, a transportation center, parks, the Ocala National Forest and around the Brother ...