Ocala FL

The local branch of the NAACP is hosting an Education Day on Aug. 2 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Howard Academy Community Center, 306 NW Seventh Ave., Ocala. There will be information, giveaways, backpacks, a fire truck, face painting and light refreshments. NAACP officials said the goal is to "impact all levels of...

A Belleview man was arrested for battery after admitting to pushing his son during an argument sparked by dirty dishes. A deputy responded to a verbal disturbance at an undisclosed Marion County residence around 7:50 p.m. Thursday, according to an arrest report from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. The son of...

A Walmart employee in Ocala was arrested for allegedly stealing over $800 worth of merchandise from the store over a two-and-a-half-month period. On Tuesday, July 29, a Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to the Walmart located at 34 Bahia Avenue in Ocala in reference to multiple thefts that were...

Sheriff's officials have identified the man who was shot and killed in southeast Marion County on July 30 as Lane Ravey, 39, of Summerfield. Ravey lived close to where his body was discovered. Officials said they found the body in the 17800 block of Southeast 21st Court in Summerfield. Authorities said their...

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - A former corrections officer from Ocala has been sentenced to three years in prison for accepting about $44,000 in bribes to smuggle drugs into a correctional facility. Samuel Smith, 38, who served as an officer at the Coleman Federal Correctional Complex in Sumter County, will also...

OCALA, FL (352today.com) – The Ocala Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man suspected in both a retail theft and a vehicle theft. At the time of the incident, he was wearing a dark and light multi-colored sweater with yellow accents, black pants, and black and white sneakers.

MARION COUNTY, FL (352today.com) – A 50-year-old Silver Springs man died Thursday afternoon in a motorcycle crash along a forest road in eastern Marion County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP). The single-vehicle crash happened around 3:41 p.m. on July 31, about 1.18 miles south of National Forest...

An Ocklawaha woman was arrested after her nervous behavior led to the discovery of narcotics in her vehicle during a stop at Holiday Inn Express. A deputy stopped 41-year-old Jennifer Ann Radford in a gold 2004 Volvo S80 in the Holiday Inn Express parking lot on State Road 44 in Wildwood, around 5:40 p.m. Wednesday,...

After Ocala-News.com published a story about a local artisanal microdistillery facing the possibility of losing its special use permit to operate its business, multiple readers shared their opinions on the matter. Here are a couple of those letters:. “We took the tour of the distillery and had a drink while...

A developer who was denied a request to create 151 more apartments next to a site that’s already been approved for 869 other apartments has filed a dispute with the state, claiming Marion County officials acted in an “unlawful” manner that “unfairly burdens the use of the property.”