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Hitmaker Scotty McCreery will perform next month at The Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center in The Villages. The show is set for 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13. He previously performed in The Villages in 2023. McCreery has been a household name for nearly half his life, ever since making...

A homeless man was arrested after he was found with a hypodermic needle while standing outside Dollar General in Lady Lake. Officers responded to Dollar General, located at 312 S U.S. Hwy. 27, regarding 35-year-old Sean Glenn Rigsby around 7:40 p.m. Monday, according to an arrest report from the Lady Lake Police...

The annual Light Up Ocala festival was held Nov. 22 on the Ocala Downtown Square. Time to plan: 2025 holiday entertainment guide for Ocala and Marion County To see more photos and a video, visit ocala.com This article originally appeared on Ocala Star-Banner: All the action from Light Up Ocala 2025

The Daily Sun printed a front page article on The Villages Health system sale and how patients can make the most of their care on Thursday, November 20th. The article stated that “much of the transition has been seamless so far.” What? Seamless for who? Not for the approximately 25,000 patients of The Villages Health...

A Villager’s son who used his mother’s car in a robbery has been jailed after testing positive for drugs. Tanner Reed Archer, 43, who lives with his mother in the Village of Piedmont, was being held without bond this weekend at the Marion County Jail. He had been placed on probation earlier this year, but in October...

With Kroger ending its home-grocery delivery in Florida in January 2026, customers in Central Florida will need to find new ways to get their groceries delivered. Here are three alternatives, with breakdowns of their membership costs and per-use fees.

SILVER SPRINGS SHORES, Fla. — A 17-year-old boy has been arrested after allegedly shooting a man who confronted him on a front porch in Silver Springs Shores, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and WCJB. Deputies identified the suspect as Jeremy Pitts, who reportedly told detectives that...

Villagers are hoping a new restaurant will fill a niche that’s been missing at the original town square. Long-time residents were overjoyed when plans for the massive renovation of La Reina Building included a ground floor restaurant. With the building now being retrofitted for 39 loft apartments, many residents...

I try to stay open-minded and see the world with an unbiased view. Being a resident of The Villages, makes it hard to see the area in which we all live as a normal, sane, healthy, to some extent family environment. The Villages is and of itself a true amusement community.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A mother and son duo will spend years in prison for trafficking drugs from Arizona to North Central Florida, federal prosecutors say. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida announced Kanethia Tremeka Steele, 51, of Tampa, was sentenced to 11 years and three months,...