This story, “Old Crooked Horn,” was originally published in the September 1982 issue of Outdoor Life. The big mule deer buck was mad. He wheeled, lowered his head and charged Vaughn Wilkins, who was ...

A semi-truck overturned at a busy Ocala intersection on September 16. The driver was not injured in the single-vehicle crash. The incident caused traffic detours and delays for several hours. The ...

The sound of sizzling brisket and a warm greeting by shift manager Jasmine Myers – “Hi, welcome to Big Lee’s!” – gives off that small, local barbecue joint feeling. But Big Lee’s - Serious About BBQ ...

U.S. Rep. Randy Fine of Florida has introduced legislation that could eventually lead to designating the vast Ocala National Forest and surrounding springs as a national park. But at this point, he is ...

When Florida Congressman Randy Fine offered a bill this summer to study transforming Ocala National Forest into Florida Springs National Park, one of the benefits he cited was an economic boom that ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. WILLIAMSVILLE — The Manitou Project will offer a musical experience with Big Woods Voices on Sunday, Sept. 21, at 3 p.m. in the woods on Manitou’s ...

A 251-acre retail and residential project is being proposed for southwest Ocala, north of State Road 200 and west of Interstate 75. The development plans include single-family homes, townhomes, ...

OCALA NATIONAL FOREST — Your morning coffee might be interrupted by a wall-rattling boom this week if you live in Lake, Marion or Volusia County, especially if you live in the Umatilla or Altoona area ...

I teach a class on “Southern Politics,” and we had our opening class last week. We discussed history for a bit, as I explained that the Democrats of the old “Solid South” were segregationists, and ...

DANGER OF COLLAPSE. WELL, WHEN YOU THINK OF NATIONAL PARKS, THE OBVIOUS ONES COME TO MIND, RIGHT? HOW ABOUT YELLOWSTONE, HOME OF OLD FAITHFUL? ANOTHER EASY ONE. THE GRAND CANYON, 278 MILES OF STUNNING ...