Ocala FL

I respectfully disagree with the proposal from Supervisor Rocky Hyder. I recently retired from the Recreation Department as an assistant after eight and a half years. I worked at a regional center which has restricted access to adult residents only, therefore it did not present the potential attraction to younger...

A longtime Villager is feeling singled out after a neighbor’s complaint about his yard. Gerald Schafman of the Village of Pine Ridge was called Monday to a deed compliance hearing at the District Office in Brownwood. A complaint was lodged with Community Standards on Aug. 15 regarding dead grass...

A new luxury apartment complex that is under construction in southwest Ocala will add 225 more units to the city’s multi-family housing offering when it opens. Pomona is currently under construction at 4821 SW 48th Avenue. The new complex is situated just west of HCA Florida West Marion Hospital, near State Road 200.

A Leesburg man was arrested for battery after allegedly headbutting his mother when she refused to buy him a new bed. Deputies responded to a battery complaint involving 20-year-old Abram Thaddius Jos Pouline and his mother around 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, according to an arrest report from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.

A mother from The Villages was arrested after allegedly attacking her son’s unwelcome gal pal. Officers had been called to a manufactured home in the Parkwood Oaks community at about 1 p.m. Saturday where a man said he wanted a woman to leave, according to an arrest report from the Wildwood Police Department....

Caden Speight, the 17-year-old accused of faking his kidnapping in Marion County, was sentenced on Monday after pleading no contest to the charges against him.

Good morning, Central Florida. Here's what you need to know today. Early fog will give way to sunshine for our Monday with highs back to around 80 degrees, not far from the seasonal average of 78. Get the full forecast here. Stay up to date on the forecast by downloading...

After a recent article announcing plans to build a new Home Depot in Ocala, several residents wrote in to share their opinions. Here are a few more of the letters that we received:. “I am not in favor of anymore development near On Top Of The World (OTOW). There’s already...

A man has lost his driver’s license for three years after hitting a landscaper in The Villages. Dagoberto Cendejas, 26, of Summerfield, was sentenced earlier this month in Sumter County Court after pleading no contest to a charge of leaving the scene of an accident with injury. In addition to losing his driver’s...

Texas Roadhouse at 745 N US 27/441 in Lady Lake, Lake County, Florida, received a warning from state inspectors after an inspection on November 12, 2025, revealed six violations, including roach activity and flying insects, according to the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation.