Ocala FL

My elderly mother is facing the devastating reality of losing the home she paid for in full, in cash, because of a broken system of accountability. In October 2021, she purchased a mobile home in Lady Lake through Four Star Homes, paying more than $36,000 up front. Four Star also collected fees to handle the title...

A Leesburg teen will have to answer in court date allegedly stealing a battery and battery charger from Walmart. An officer responded to Walmart, located at Walmart, 2501 Citrus Blvd., regarding retail theft and trespassing around 1:20 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, according to a case report from the Leesburg Police...

LEESBURG, Florida—Wednesday marks 19 years since Trenton Duckett was reported missing and his family once again will hold a candlelight vigil in his honor. The vigil is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Leesburg Town Square, 500 West Main Street, hosted by Trenton’s father Joshua, and his grandmother Carla Fort.

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - A man was arrested after stealing a stove and refrigerator from an Ocala home. Marion County Sheriff’s deputies say Willie Honor, 21, broke into a home on Northwest 42nd Street on Friday. He’s been in jail since then. A witness helped Honor load the...

Ocala police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who allegedly vandalized vehicles in the downtown area over the weekend. According to the Ocala Police Department, the male suspect allegedly entered the Downtown Ocala parking garage on Saturday, August 23, where he allegedly proceeded to vandalize...

A Belleview woman has been charged with DUI manslaughter in connection with a single-vehicle crash that claimed the life of a 27-year-old passenger earlier this month. Early in the morning on Saturday, August 16, a Florida Highway Patrol trooper responded to State Road 35 in Belleview, near the intersection of SE...

Two more motorcyclist deaths in Marion County this past weekend bring the county’s traffic fatality count to nearly 50 this year. Since 2019, the county has reported over 600 traffic-related fatalities, including 100 motorcyclists. From 2019 to 2024, the county averaged over 100 fatal accidents a year. Over that...

A tenant has sued an Ocala real estate firm after she allegedly tripped over a crack on a sidewalk and fell while she was visiting the company’s office to pay rent. Joanna Santiago Echevarria filed the lawsuit against Stein Group, LLC, in the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Marion County on August 23.

A would-be carjacker who terrified bystanders a week ago in The Villages has entered a plea in court. Christopher Alan Grant, 48, a convicted felon and an apparent drifter, wound up at the Walgreens at Colony Plaza on Aug. 20 where he fired a shot that landed a bullet in the dashboard of a frightened woman’s...

A rare, virtually natural disaster-proof dome home is on the market in Central Florida. The home, located at 624 Volco Road in Edgewater, comes with three bedrooms and two baths and spans 2,484 square feet. It first hit the market last year, for $620,000. Now, the price has dipped down...