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Ocala native Jackie Kay III tapped into his local upbringing in Marion County to embody the titular character in his upcoming sports comedy, Signing Tony Raymond, which opens in theaters this week. The movie will open in select theaters on Friday, Jan. 16. It tells the story of a college...

ALACHUA, Fla. (WCJB) — Residents along County Road 235 say heavy truck traffic continues to worsen on the two-lane road between Newberry and Alachua, creating mounting safety concerns in the residential area. The concerns have grown since December 2024, when neighbors first called for “no truck” signs and reduced...

FLORIDA — A powerful surge of arctic air is set to sweep across Florida early Friday morning, bringing dangerously cold wind chills, freezing temperatures in central and northern areas, and conditions rarely experienced across the state. Forecasters warn that much of Florida will feel temperatures in the 20s at...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Jacksonville, Florida – A sharp blast of Arctic air is expected to bring some of the coldest temperatures of the winter to northeast Florida and southeast Georgia late Thursday into early Friday, raising...

An Ocala resident has started the new year with a six-figure windfall after she purchased a winning lottery ticket worth $150,000 at a local grocery store. Stephanie Lynn Mitchell claimed the top prize from the Florida Lottery’s “LOTERIA” scratch-off game on Tuesday, Jan. 6. Mitchell purchased her...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A Celebration of Life is being held in Gainesville on Wednesday for two Citrus County teen best friends who died in a freak accident. According to Columbia County Sheriff’s deputies, George Watts, 14, and Derrick Hubbard, 14, were digging a hole in a sandpit on Sunday near Sportsman’s Park...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Two officers were injured in a shooting in Gainesville on Wednesday morning, according to the Gainesville Police Department. Officials told News4JAX the suspect involved in the shooting has died. Police Chief Nelson Moya said at 7:56 a.m., officers responded to reports of shots fired on E....

By the time Florida deputies walked up to a woman out walking her dog and told her she was under arrest, a 40-year-old missing child case was already on the brink of collapsing in on itself. The woman they were cuffing was accused of vanishing with her toddler in the early 1980s, and the adult ... Read more

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Alachua County, FL – Investigators are renewing their call for public help today as a decades-old cold case reaches another anniversary, marking 35 years since a Gainesville-area woman was found dead inside...

MARION COUNTY, FL (352today.com) – Marion County is taking a major step forward in delivering clean, safe drinking water to residents in northern Marion County with continued progress on the Lowell municipal drinking water project. At its Jan. 6 meeting, the Marion County Board of County Commissioners approved a...