Ocala FL

The recent approval of a special use permit for two miniature horses on a residential property raises an important question that many Marion County residents are beginning to ask: What standards are actually being applied, and are they being applied equally?. Over the last several years, the Marion County Board...

MARION COUNTY, FL (352today.com) – On the morning of Tuesday, June 16, 2026, professional horse trainer Brooke Bayley stood, a full nine months pregnant, and addressed the Marion County Board of County Commissioners on the subject of the commercial-level fireworks display set to go off less than 1,000 feet from her hom

Mosquito activity is expected to rise as summer storms move through North Central Florida. UF experts say warm temperatures and rainfall create ideal breeding conditions for mosquitoes. Even small amounts of water left behind after rain can lead to more mosquitoes. Eva Buckner studies mosquitoes at the University of Fl

A commercial property in southwest Ocala that previously housed a plumbing business and a tire shop has just changed hands for nearly $1.4 million. Anthony “Tony” Mendola and his wife, Becky, sold the 0.9-acre site located at 10988 SW 94th Court in Ocala to Elevation Property Partners, LLC, for $1,395,000 on June 18, a

LADY LAKE, FL (352today.com) – Shoppers in the Lady Lake area won’t have to wait much longer for a new grocery location. A new Walmart Neighborhood Market in the Hammock Oaks development near the intersection of County Road 466 and Cherry Lake Road is scheduled to open Wednesday, June 24, 2026.

ORLANDO, Fla. – The typical summertime heat is here; the daily storms, not so much. Tuesday will feature another afternoon where highs across all of Central Florida surge into the mid-to-upper 90s. The heat index at times will climb into the 100-105 range. Cooling afternoon thunderstorms will be hard...

A 72-year-old Villager who was previously arrested for skip-scanning ribeye steaks at a local Walmart is facing numerous new charges after loss prevention identified a monthslong pattern of theft at the store. Sherri Ann Cohen, of the Village of Osceola Hills, was arrested again Friday at her home on Tuscaloosa...

A 20-year-old Wildwood man who allegedly threatened to “shoot up” his family’s home was arrested Sunday after a physical struggle with police. Jacareon Travonte Douglas was taken into custody by the Wildwood Police Department on a misdemeanor charge of resisting an officer without violence. Officers were dispatched...

A former Boston police officer wants to return to his home in Lady Lake after allegedly fabricating a stabbing story during a boozy domestic dispute that drew massive law enforcement resources, including a sheriff’s helicopter. A motion will be heard Thursday in Lake County Court regarding 66-year-old Lawrence Joseph..

An elderly woman at the Pebble Springs retirement community was attacked as another woman tried to seize her dead husband’s financial records. Tracy Lynn Bogan, 55, who lives in the Spruce Creek South community in Summerfield, was arrested Sunday on a felony charge of battery on a person 65 years of age or older.