Ocala FL

A Florida-based restaurant chain that specializes in Southern-style meals is opening its first location in Ocala at the site of a Bob Evans that recently closed its doors. Peach Valley Cafe is renovating the site at 3535 SW College Road/State Road 200. Formerly occupied by Bob Evans, which abruptly closed its doors...

A stretch of Interstate 75 in Marion County is heavily congested on Monday afternoon, and the highway’s interchange with SR 200 is also backed up as emergency personnel respond to multiple accidents in the area this afternoon. According to the Florida Department of Transportation, congestion is being reported...

An Ocala Walmart employee was recently arrested after allegedly stealing a pair of Bose headphones valued at over $400. On Tuesday, a Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy arrived at the Walmart located at 9570 SW Highway 200 in Ocala in reference to a theft incident involving a store associate, according to the...

The woman who law enforcement and prosecutors said fired several shots at a sheriff's deputy who was transporting her to the Marion County Jail after arresting her from a traffic stop was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Feb. 16. Rheanna Diane Harden told the court that she was going through hard times, but it...

A Leesburg man was arrested on a charge of battery after allegedly pushing his ex-girlfriend into a table and hitting her head. An officer responded to a trespassing incident at the home of 33-year-old Jordan Richard Bedford’s ex-girlfriend at 7:50 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9, according to an arrest report from the Fruitland...

OCALA, Fla. — State Road 19 in Ocala has reopened to traffic in both directions from State Road 40 and County Road 314 south of Salt Springs in northeast Marion County, according to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. The roadway was closed earlier because of...

Last week Monday evening, I went to the postal station about 9 p.m. I retrieved my mail and as I was going back to my car. I lost my balance and landed in my back and hit my head pretty hard. It was bleeding a lot. Fortunately, I had some tissues in my pocket and made a compress. I was unable to move. I was able to...

A Villager has lost his driver’s license after a crash near the Morse Gate. Michael Latourette, 66, who lives on the Historic Side of The Villages, pleaded no contest to a charge of driving under the influence this past week in Sumter County Court. He will lose his driver’s license for six months, has been placed on...

Ocala's history-making Olympian, Erin Jackson , got her shot to defend her title in the women's 500 meters at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics on Sunday, Feb. 15. There in Italy to watch her race was her family, who came in from Florida and was kept company by the one and only Snoop Dogg, who according to the...

The Leesburg Police Department’s Narcotics Unit and Special Operations Division executed a successful operation Thursday, resulting in the arrest of 27-year-old Xavier D. McCovery. Undercover detectives had observed McCovery entering a house in the Stock Subdivision. The officers were aware that McCovery had active...