Ocala FL

OCALA, Fla. – A 17-year-old was arrested and accused of pulling the trigger after an altercation at a bonfire party for a high school homecoming. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said the shooting happened a little over a month ago on Sept. 28. Hundreds of people were celebrating Forest High School’s homecoming at...

A tight-knit Florida community is reeling after 18-year-old Shannon Rushing, a beloved student at Forest High School in Ocala, was struck and killed by a car early Monday morning, Oct. 27, while walking to her school bus stop. According to WCTV, the fatal collision occurred on Northwest Old Blitchton Road...

A new, 4,500-square-foot liquor drive-thru and tobacco shop is opening soon near one of Ocala’s busiest intersections. Liquor Lane and Flayvor Tobacco Shop are both gearing up to open at 2060 SW County Road 484 in Ocala. The new businesses are situated near CR 484’s interchange with Interstate 75.

Although Grammy Award nominations won’t be announced until next week, an Ocala church says it is blessed that one of its songs is under consideration for best gospel performance. Mount Zion AME Church was bestowed the consideration by the Recording Academy earlier this month for its song “Presence.”

A woman has sued a Zaxby’s in Marion County for injuries she sustained after she allegedly slipped on a “dangerous rug” placed in front of a restroom at the restaurant. Attorneys representing Laura Zappa filed the lawsuit against Swamp Dawg, LLC, which does business as Zaxby’s Chicken Fingers and Buffalo Wings, in...

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - In Marion County, a man in in jail after deputies say he stole about $3,000 worth of equipment from the World Equestrian Center. Sheriff’s deputies Matthew Hall, 38, stole electrical wire from a job site at WEC. Hall admitted to the theft on Tuesday. He’s...

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - A man is out of jail on bond after Marion County Sheriff’s deputies say he was involved in a case of road rage and yelling racial slurs. Deputies say Brian Roberts, 46, of Ocala got angry at another man for honking his horn on Monday night.

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – Marion County deputies are searching for a man caught on video stealing a 4-wheeler from the yard of a home. The sheriff’s office on Tuesday posted video on social media showing the man push a red 1991 Yamaha Banshee out of the yard and away from the surveillance camera on Oct. 24 in the 9400...

(The Center Square) – Florida’s attorney general on Tuesday called for the state to consider placing limits on the use of the insanity defense after a Kentucky parolee who killed a 6-year-old was found living near a school in Marion County. “The facts of this case are tragic,” Attorney General James Uthmeier said at...

Each lot will cost more than $1 million in a planned high-end subdivision in southwest Marion County. On Oct. 27, the county's Planning and Zoning Commission moved that project one step closer to approval. The commission recommended approval of a zoning change needed for the subdivision, planned for the Drake Ranch...