Ocala FL

I bought an old house five years ago. I paid $250,000 and at the time, the old house’s taxes were $1,600 a year. In 2021, my taxes went up to $3,200. In 2022, my taxes again went to $3,600. In 2023, they went up to $4,000. In 2024, they went down to $3,720.

OCALA, Fla. - A former Marion County sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to more than 25 years in prison for the shooting death of his girlfriend last year in Ocala. Leslie Boileau Jr. received a sentence of 25 years, 8 months and 20 days — the exact age of victim Polina Wright at the time of her death.

A Villager has lost his driver’s license after crashing into a light pole in a roundabout. Brandon Scott Salyer, 52, who lives on the Historic Side of The Villages, pleaded no contest Wednesday in Sumter County Court to a charge of driving under the influence. He will lose his driver’s license for six months, has...

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Officials are hoping to slow down activism on behalf of some gopher tortoises in The Villages. Community Development District 2 Supervisor Tom Swiers recently formed an ad hoc committee of residents who are concerned about the gopher tortoises at the Harold S. Schwartz Wildlife Preserve in the Village of Santiago....

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An official has proposed using volunteer Villagers in a new pool patrol here in Florida’s Friendliest Hometown. Community Development District 1 Board Chair Rocky Hyder, at Friday’s meeting at Savannah Center, said he has been contacted by residents, both in CDD 1 and from elsewhere in The Villages, who are concerned...

WILDWOOD, Fla. — The Florida Turnpike reopened near Wildwood Friday afternoon after the top of an excavator being towed by a truck struck the underside of a bridge. The crash on Highway 301 shut down both roads for more than an hour as crews inspected the bridge and figured out how to un-stick the excavator.

A former Marion County Sheriff's Office deputy has been sentenced to over two decades in jail for the fatal shooting of his girlfriend in 2024. As reported by WESH, Leslie Boileau Jr., aged 33 at the time of the incident, was handed a 25-year, 8-month, and 20-day sentence by Judge Timothy McCourt, a period signifying...