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OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - Marion County deputies say three people were shot north of Ocala Sunday afternoon. Sheriff’s deputies were called to a house along Northwest 90th Street around 5:30 p.m. and found two men and a woman with gunshot wounds. All were taken to the hospital, where they remain as of this report.

Neither the Secret Service and FBI nor the Gainesville Police Department (GPD) accepts gold as payment. In fact, if anyone asks you to pay in gold or cryptocurrency, you should contact law enforcement and tell them someone is trying to scam you. On Jan. 13, the U.S. District Court for...

A 71-year-old High Springs resident was transported to a hospital in critical condition on Saturday after being attacked by her daughter's dog The post 71-year-old High Springs resident critically injured in dog attack appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – A midday fire damaged a double‑wide mobile home in northeast Ocala on Monday, displacing a family of four but causing no injuries, according to Marion County Fire Rescue. Fire officials said they responded to the 6600 block of NE 2nd Place around 12:27 p.m....

A law enforcement helicopter was used to help track down a Lady Lake woman with drugs in a stolen car. Sommer Dawn Michelle Beckel, 44, who lives at 351 Carriage Lane, was arrested Sunday after a helicopter from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office spotted her and a male companion with the white Nissan sedan which had...

A convicted felon from Ocala, who shot his girlfriend in the back while chasing after her at a local motel in 2024, will spend the next two decades in prison. On Thursday, a Marion County jury found 37-year-old Donald Lorenzo Roberts, Jr. guilty of the following charges: aggravated battery with a firearm, possession...

When a horse hands you its trust, you owe it better than what a Florida trainer is now accused of doing. In Marion County, a man hired to bring along a Paso Fino gelding instead ended up in handcuffs after a witness recorded him punching and kicking the horse, then shared the footage with authorities....

The UCF women's track and field team excelled in a split session between two states on Friday. The Knights set multiple personal and program records against Ohio State, Texas Tech and Florida Atlantic. The distance team went to Gainesville to compete in the Alachua County Sports and Event Center Invitational,...

Last month, Tashenia Torres went to the dentist after experiencing sharp, excruciating pain in her jaw — a result of the growth of her wisdom teeth. Still, without insurance to afford dental care, she said the clinic wasn’t much help in scheduling an extraction. “I told them, ‘I...

Members of the Party for Socialism and Liberation and the Young Democratic Socialists of America orchestrated a protest in Gainesville in response to the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Jeffrey Pretti in Minneapolis. The protest drew over 100 participants, shouting chants and sporting signs urging the end of...