Ocala FL

Here's a look at some new restaurants expected to open in 2026 (or late 2025.) To learn more, follow the links in this story at ocala.com Raising Cane's Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers is expected to open a newly built store in the Ocala West shopping center off State Road 200 in Ocala. Learn more here. Equestrian...

A cleaning lady allegedly stole pills and ran up illicit charges on a customers’s credit card. An 85-year-old homeowner in The Villages reported that 72 prescription Alprazolam pills had gone missing from her home, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. The homeowner had last seen the...

An Ocala resident just claimed a $1 million prize from a scratch-off purchased at a local convenience store, joining several other local residents who have claimed similar prizes in 2025. The winning ticket was purchased at Quick King Food Store #12, which is located at 7947 W Highway 40 in...

After an influx of letters from Marion County residents who have criticized recent changes made to State Road 200, multiple readers shared opinions contrasting those. Here are a couple of those letters:. “I am so tired of seeing all these letters breach the level of worthy news and wasting valuable...

Amanda May Shrewsberry, 39, of Ocala, was arrested on Saturday and has been charged with shoplifting a portable movie projector and a boat sonar device; she also allegedly fought with a police officer and Walmart employees in an attempt to avoid arrest. The post Ocala woman arrested for shoplifting movie projector...

Is there a reason that people believe it is OK to ruin the beautiful grass areas in The Villages? Special privilege maybe? We see it especially on the west side of the golf cart bridge in Spanish Springs. Our amenities spent a lot of money replacing sod and maintaining the area. When I talked to property management...

A drive-thru coffee company that opened two locations in Ocala in 2023 just abruptly closed one of its sites. OLA Drive-thru Coffee officially closed its location at 920 N Pine Avenue in Ocala on Friday, December 5. The company made the announcement in a brief statement posted to social media.

New Publix stores are regularly opening across Central Florida, though Publix officials said these places will be missing a certain piece of equipment. According to the company, its signature scales will not be made available in any of its new locations. These scales date back to 1930, when the first...

A Marion County jury took less than 30 minutes to return a guilty verdict last week against 28-year-old Malachi Immanuel Stocker, convicting him on multiple charges related to the solicitation of a minor. Presiding over the case was the Honorable Judge Timothy T. McCourt. Stocker was found guilty of Traveling...

Marion County is facing its third recent rabies alert after a confirmed case was identified in a coyote, just weeks after a cat and raccoon tested positive for the disease. ​The Florida Department of Health in Marion County (DOH-Marion) issued another 60-day rabies alert in response to a confirmed case of rabies in a...