Ocala FL

A Villager in a BMW with Indiana license plates was arrested with cocaine after a traffic stop. Laura Gillette, 56, who lives in the Village of Mira Mesa, was driving the red BMW shortly before midnight Saturday on County Road 25 near Griffin Avenue when a police officer noticed that the vehicle had a non-functioning...

MARION COUNTY, Fla. (WCJB) - Navongela and Freddie Jackson say they were eating in their car on their property in Flemington when Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy Riley Artman pulled up asking for their ID and if they owned the property. “Someone just pulls in and asks what are you...

MARION COUNTY, FL (352today.com) — A man was arrested after accidentally discharging a firearm while illegally possessing it, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO). MCSO says that Deputy Shyrock responded to the 3600 block of NE 41st Street following a report of a shooting. The investigation...

Viral video shows Marion County property owner handcuffed on accusation of ‘trespassing’. Navongela and Freddie Jackson say they were eating in their car on their property in Flemington when Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy Riley Artman pulled up asking for their ID and if they owned the property. Gov....

Three people were hospitalized Saturday night after a stabbing in Hawthorne that authorities say stemmed from a domestic altercation involving two men and a woman. Music lovers in Marion County celebrated fifty years of Ocala’s Symphony Orchestra. Grandmother, mother arrested in child neglect case involving locked...

OCALA, FL (352today.com) — VITAS Healthcare has officially opened its newest office in Marion County at 1930 SW 38th Ave., Suite 101, Ocala, marking a significant step in its mission to provide compassionate end-of-life care to Floridians in need. During a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, June 27, the Ocala...

Ocala Fire Rescue units were able to quickly extinguish a small fire on Monday that reportedly broke out on top of the roof of a local Dunkin’ establishment. Firefighters responded to the Dunkin’ located at 4619 NW Blitchton Road in Ocala on Monday morning after a fire was reported on the roof of the building.

A Wildwood woman in an enraged “fit of anger” punched a man in the eye, leading to her arrest. Skyler Ingle, 23, went to the man’s bedroom, in the apartment that they share, and began repeatedly banging on his door at about 2 a.m. Friday, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.

A former Miss Ocala’s Teen claimed the Miss Florida’s Teen title this past weekend, while the current Miss Ocala finished in the top ten for the Miss Florida crown. Caroline Schapansky, who won the Miss Ocala title earlier this year, came up just shy of the Miss Florida crown, finishing in the top ten of all...

ORLANDO, Fla. – A stalled frontal boundary over Florida this week could spark the development of a low-pressure system nearby. The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday said there’s a 30% chance of tropical or subtropical formation over the next seven days. Models remain uncertain about if or where...