Ocala FL

My husband and I moved to Ocala only one year ago. Moving from Wine Country in Southern California, we were highly attracted to the laid back lifestyle and entertainment options that exist here in Ocala. It’s something we highly appreciate and great for the local economy as well as tourism.

Officials will look to approve a one-year, $88,000 contract renewal with Boot Barn for the provision of protective footwear and boots to city staff who require them. The contract will be presented to the Ocala City Council during its regular meeting on Tuesday, July 1. The item is part of the consent agenda, which is...

A suspect is facing multiple charges in a fatal accident in 2024 in which a witness claims he was driving like a “bat out of hell.”. Steven Ray Keidel, 53, of Ocala, is facing charges including vehicular homicide in the death of 55-year-old Rebecca Howells of Oxford. Her 81-year-old father of Yorkville, Ill., who was...

A suspect in a Walmart shoplifting case was identified by the veterans’ cap he had been wearing on his head. Richard James Ogilvie, 77, who lives in Highpoint at Stonecrest in Summerfield, was at the store at Buffalo Ridge Plaza at about 1 p.m. Friday when he left the store without attempting to pay for multiple...

A property owner is hoping to convert an 18.24-acre site in southwest Ocala from multifamily to commercial zoning, with plans to build a commercial plat with three lots and tracts on the land. The rezoning request from Circle Fore LLC will be introduced to the Ocala City Council during its...

A Wildwood woman was arrested for assault after allegedly following a driver and firing a shot over his head when they both pulled over. Dispatch got a call from a frantic man who stated 46-year-old Star Lynn Brooks had shot a gun at him around 3:35 p.m. Saturday, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County...

A jealous man was jailed after knocking the dentures out of his gal pal’s mouth. Emmit Erving, 69, of Wildwood, was arrested on a charge of battery following the alleged altercation which occurred in the wee hours Saturday at a home in the 500 block of Gray Street, according to an arrest report from the Wildwood...

A Villager who had been working as a salesman in a golf cart store is charged with defrauding a customer of $21,000. Leonard Peter Fletcher, 50, of the Village of Lynnhaven, was arrested this past week on warrants charging him with fraud and grand theft. A customer went in January...

OCALA, Fla. – The family of Ajike Owens, the Ocala mother of four who was shot over a neighbor dispute in 2023, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Susan Lorincz on June 10, according to court documents. Lorincz, who was arrested in the June 2023 shooting death of Owens,...

Paris Richardson, a recently graduated UF student, has been crowned Miss Florida 2025 at the annual Miss Florida competition held in Lakeland on June 28. Representing the title of Miss Gainesville, Richardson competed against 37 other outstanding young women from across the state and emerged victorious, earning the...