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WILLISTON, Fla. (WCJB) - Levy County deputies are warning drivers about smoky conditions on County Road 337, near Bronson and Williston. The stretch between East Levy Street and State Road 121 is covered in smoke, making it hard for people to see. Florida forest service officials say there’s a wildfire...

A proposal to build a new residential subdivision featuring more than 300 homes in Silver Springs Shores will go before the Marion County Planning and Zoning Commission later this month. During its meeting on Monday, December 29, the commission will consider a rezoning request from Midway 65, LLC to convert...

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - Marion County is mourning the loss of Mary Sue Rich, who has died at the age of 85. The community is now coming together to remember her legacy. Those who knew her say she was more than a public official — she was a constant presence and a strong voice for the people.

Body camera footage from a Florida sheriff's office shows the arrest of Debra Newton on Nov. 24. Newton is accused of abducting her daughter in 1983.

The amphibious aircraft crashed at 5:15 p.m. Saturday at Redwater Lake in Hawthorne.

Florida school districts are staring at a problem that sounds simple on paper but turns messy fast in real life: when thousands of students leave, the money leaves with them, yet the buildings and basic costs don’t shrink at the same speed.

Curtis and Christina Jones, left, and Britney Mann and her children, Caleb Brown, 9, Caiden Brown, 12, and Jada Kendrick, 14, right, are driven in a horse-drawn carriage to the Habitat for Humanity of Marion County house blessings, which were held next door to each other, on Northwest 14th Street in Ocala, Fla. on...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Students at a private Christian school in Alachua County went on winter break early. Officials with The Rock School and preschool told parents they had to shut down early for winter break due to what they call an unusual number of people reporting being sick. The...

HAWTHORNE, Fla. (WCJB) - A pilot from Ocala did a hard landing in a lake without a scratch this afternoon. Florida Highway Patrol troopers say the 69-year-old landed in Redwater Lake, between Interlachen and Hawthorne. They say he landed hard on the lake, making his plane skip and eventually sink.

Jeffrey White, 41, was arrested early on December 18 after allegedly entering an apartment while an occupant was sleeping; he was initially charged with loitering/prowling, but he has now been charged with burglary and stalking. The post Gainesville man arrested for using hidden key to enter apartment while occupant...