Ocala FL

The Wildwood Soup Kitchen in Sumter County is a 100 percent volunteer-run, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to feeding the community. Each week, volunteers in this organization provide more than 4,200 hot, hearty, and nutritious meals, completely free of charge, to those in need. Staffed with over 750...

An Ocala man who supplied pounds of methamphetamine to a drug trafficker in the Florida Panhandle will spend more than eight years in federal prison. On Monday, January 5, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida announced that 31-year-old Jean-Marie Lubin Celestin has been sentenced to eight...

MARION COUNTY, FL (352today.com) – HCA Florida Ocala Hospital and HCA West Marion Hospital are honored to announce their stroke centers have each received certifications from DNV Healthcare USA Inc. recognizing their high level of competence for treatment of serious stroke events. For the 6th year in a row, HCA...

A Leesburg man was arrested after allegedly driving by a home on a four-wheeler and displaying a firearm when told to leave. A deputy responded to threats made by 23-year-old Bricen Lee Schofield at an undisclosed Lake County residence at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 4 according to an arrest report from the Lake County...

A Leesburg woman was arrested for assault after bashing a customer’s vehicle with a sprinkler pipe outside Circle K. Officers responded to Circle K, located at 1331 W North Blvd., regarding a customer spraying 50-year-old Tara Lasha Potts with OC spray around 12 p.m. Wednesday, according to an arrest report from the...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Sunday morning starts with patchy, dense fog in some areas. A dense fog advisory was in effect for Marion County, with visibility reduced to less than a quarter mile, but was set to expire at 9 a.m. A front settles in on Sunday and isolated showers...

A renter was detained during a raid on a drug house on The Villages’ Historic Side. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office requested that Lady Lake police respond to the residence at 1787 W. Schwartz Blvd. in the Village of Country Club Hills around 10:30 p.m. Saturday. It was thought that there were two people at the...

A Leesburg man with a club band still on his wrist was arrested on a drunk driving charge at a Circle K. An officer caught 40-year-old Demetrius Antonion Bradford speeding in a black Dodge Charger on Citrus Boulevard and Tally Road around 3:05 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 3, according to an arrest report from the Leesburg...

The family of an Ocala man has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a restaurant at Walt Disney World, alleging that a delay in summoning paramedics contributed to his death after he choked on a piece of steak. Reah Duncan, the mother and personal representative of the estate of Kevin...

CASSELBERRY, Fla. – The frustration surrounding the Minneapolis driver shot and killed by ICE officers this week has sparked thousands of protests nationwide, including here in Central Florida. Protesters lined Triplet Lake Drive in Casselberry, saying the ICE officers involved in Renee Good’s death need to be held...