Ocala FL

An Ocala man is suing a local hospital, alleging that negligence and neglect during his mother’s hospital stay led to the development of a severe pressure ulcer that ultimately contributed to her wrongful death. Courtney James, acting as the personal representative of the Estate of his late mother, Annie...

Detectives say they found no reason to bring charges against the 60-year-old woman who was driving the vehicle that hit and killed Shannon Rushing, 18, on Oct. 27.

The owners of the World Equestrian Center and Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club just purchased a 77-acre horse farm near their other properties in northwest Ocala for $7.5 million. According to a deed recorded in Marion County on Friday, Golden Ocala Equestrian Land, LLC, purchased the property at 2599...

THE VILLAGES, Fla. - A three-year-old girl who went missing from Kentucky was found under a new name and in a different state 40 years later. Michelle Newton – born in 1983 – reportedly vanished out of Louisville, Ky. when she was three years old. The backstory:. On...

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – A Marion County jury found a Jacksonville man guilty of second-degree murder with a firearm in the shooting death of a 17-year-old, according to a news release from the Fifth Judicial Circuit of Florida. Henry Jonathan Valencia, 24, was sentenced to life in prison following...

A Leesburg man was arrested for battery after allegedly pushing a woman several times during an argument in their residence. An officer responded to a battery involving 41-year-old Perry Dean Davis at an undisclosed Leesburg residence around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to an arrest report from the Leesburg Police...

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. - The trial is set to start on Monday for a Florida man accused of shooting and killing a store clerk in Leesburg last year. Alex Lopez is accused of shooting Raied "Ray" Shihadeh during a robbery at the M&M Food Mart in Leesburg in May 2024.

MARION COUNTY, FL (352today.com) – On Saturday, December 13, 2025, Marion County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) Sergeant Jordyn Batts arrested 20-year-old Christopher Collins Jr. (B/M, DOB: 01/18/2005) for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, and two counts of Robbery with a...

FORT MCCOY, Fla. (WCJB) - Marion County firefighters put out an RV fire at a home in Fort McCoy Sunday morning. Marion County Fire Rescue officials say crews responded to a home at the 14000 block of Northeast 189th Lane just before 3 a.m. to a 911 call reporting a home on fire.

OCALA, FL (352today.com) – A new Kilwins confectionery shop has officially opened in Ocala’s Market Street at Heath Brook, bringing handcrafted sweets, ice cream and fresh-made fudge to one of the city’s busiest retail corridors. Located at 4414 SW College Road in Suite 420, the shop features...