Ocala FL

A drug suspect was arrested in a second raid this year at a house in The Villages. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Bureau executed a search warrant Wednesday morning at 1787 W. Schwartz Blvd. in the Village of Country Club Hills, on the Historic Side of The Villages.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB/AP) - More than 3,100 “No Kings” events are being organized in communities large and small across all 50 states, including nine planned protests in North Central Florida this Saturday. Organizers claim more than 9 million people are expected to participate nationwide. This will be the...

Some golf courses in The Villages will be closed next week for special maintenance. • Hawkes Bay Executive Golf Course – Monday, March 30 all day for extra turf maintenance. • Amberwood Executive Golf Course – Wednesday, April 1 for extra turf maintenance. • Palmetto Executive Golf Course...

A Villager has been ordered to pay $2,361 in restitution after keying a Mercedes in a Publix parking lot dispute. Mark Edward Brittenham, 68, of the Village of Charlotte, has pleaded no contest to a charge of criminal mischief in Sumter County Court. The judge ordered Brittenham to pay the money to an 80-year-old...

A Leesburg man was arrested for assault after allegedly firing two shots during an altercation with his wife and a tow truck driver. A deputy responded to the Lisbon Church of God, located at 10509 Goose Prairie Rd., Leesburg, regarding a verbal altercation with a deadly weapon at the home of 55-year-old Robert Jason...

A written plea of not guilty has been entered for a Hernando woman who has been arrested and accused of defrauding an Ocala company out of $1 million. Records show Frances Watson, an assistant public defender, is representing Jean A. Gonzalez, who was arrested on charges of grand theft $100,000 or more and organized...

Jean A. Gonzalez (OPD) A Florida fraud investigation has ended with the arrest of 59-year-old...

Picture this: you’re sipping coffee on your porch in sunny Central Florida, when suddenly the ground decides to play hide-and-seek with your entire backyard. Florida’s limestone bedrock, prone to dissolving like sugar in rainwater, turns everyday spots into potential trapdoors. The U.S. Geological Survey flags the...

A jury in Marion County found 38-year-old Kevin Thomas McDonough guilty of domestic battery by strangulation after a one-day trial on March 24, 2026. He was sentenced to five years in the Florida Department of Corrections. The case began when deputies from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office learned from the victim...

FLORIDA — A fast-moving cold front is expected to sweep across central Florida on Saturday, bringing a sharp increase in wind speeds, cloudy skies, and scattered rain showers by the evening hours. Forecasters warn that wind gusts could reach or exceed 45 mph in some areas, especially along the...