SUVs collide in Ocala, leaving 4 children, 3 adults hospitalized
OCALA, Fla. – A crash in Marion County on Thursday afternoon left seven people hospitalized, according to Ocala Fire Rescue. In a release, fire officials said the crash happened shortly after 4 p.m. at the intersection of Northwest Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and Northwest 22nd Street. “The collision...
UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine hosts Creating Healthy Communities forum
Thursday’s forum is called Arts in Medicine for Creating Healthy Communities, designed to connect Florida-based artists.
Marion County firefighters plead guilty to charges in connection with hazing incident, sentenced
Firefighters accused of violently hazing a co-worker in Marion County last year entered pleas on Thursday and were sentenced.
Ocala Firehouse Hazing Horror as Ex Firefighters Poised to Flip Their Pleas
Three former Marion County firefighters are set to return to court in Ocala on Thursday, April 30, 2026, for a change-of-plea hearing in a violent hazing case involving a 19-year-old colleague at Fire Station 21. The 10 a.m. hearing follows months of internal reviews, criminal filings, firings, union grievances and a civil claim that have kept the incident squarely in...
Florida Man Allegedly Dumped Newborn Kittens In Trash To Die
A Florida man is facing charges for allegedly placing five newborn kittens in plastic bags and throwing them in the trash, authorities said. The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a residence in Hawthorne on Saturday to conduct a welfare check on animals. A witness told deputies she heard kittens in a trash […]
Free kitchen compost caddies available for Alachua County residents
Free kitchen caddies will be available for Alachua County residents at the county’s five rural collection centers on Saturday. The caddies will be available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and the giveaway, in partnership with O-Town Compost and the Alachua County Solid Waste & Resource Recovery Department, “is part of an effort to encourage residents to divert food scraps and other biodegradable waste...
Florida executes man convicted in 1976 killing of 13-year-old
STARKE, Fla. (WWSB) - A Florida man convicted of beating and choking his brother’s 13-year-old stepdaughter to death nearly 50 years ago was executed Thursday evening. James Ernest Hitchcock, 70, was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. He was convicted of the July 1976 killing of Cynthia Driggers.
Marion School Board sues Facebook, Instagram, TikTok over student addiction to social media
The Marion County School Board has joined a class action lawsuit against the owners of various social media applications including Meta (Facebook) and Alphabet (YouTube), accusing the companies of designing defective apps made to maximize screen time and encourage addictive behavior in adolescents. Attorneys representing the board filed the lawsuit...
Man on pre-trial release arrested for pushing his way into his previous victim’s apartment
Nathan John Zudoffsky, 41, was arrested yesterday after allegedly violating a court order by pushing his way into the apartment of the victim in his pending domestic battery case. The post Man on pre-trial release arrested for pushing his way into his previous victim’s apartment appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .
Starbucks property in northwest Ocala sold for $3.52 million
A property in northwest Ocala where a Starbucks opened in 2024 was just sold for $3.52 million to a real estate investment family who recently made at two other large-scale, commercial acquisitions in Marion County. Located at 2555 NW 46th Terrace, the one-acre parcel was sold by One Oak Foxwood,...
