Ocala FL

A new elementary school in southwest Ocala is in the final stages of its $47 million construction and remains on schedule to open for the upcoming school year. Ross Prairie Elementary School is currently under construction at 14320 SW 70th Avenue Road in Ocala. The school district shared video showing...

New court records show how a woman says she slipped out of handcuffs and shot a Marion County deputy.

A couple who sold their pizzeria in Ocala last year and retired after 40 years in business will use those decades of experience to reenter the pizza industry just north of the city later this month. Sanford “San” Felder and his wife, Jacqueline (“Jacki”), are working to bring The Original...

Two men were recently arrested for human trafficking and exploitation of a 13-year-old girl in a Central Florida motel room. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call from the victim’s sister, who had received a voice message from the child indicating she was in danger at the A1 Motel in Tampa....

A local woman has filed a lawsuit against HCA Florida Ocala Hospital in which she claims that she tripped and fell on “uneven cobblestones” surrounding a manhole cover in front of the main entrance to the hospital. Attorneys representing Dawn Kelly filed the lawsuit in the Fifth Judicial...

Two months ago, our front lawn was littered with various colored utility flags. A week later, we awoke to find multiple trenches and diggers in our front lawn. After inquiring, we discovered this activity was for new fiber optic lines. In the meantime, they cut through our irrigation and existing cable lines....

The Marion County Planning and Zoning Commission will consider a proposal by the owners of the Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club and the World Equestrian Center to build a new sports and entertainment complex in Ocala that would feature an arena for concerts and sporting events, a variety of fields and courts, a...

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - June is PTSD Awareness Month and several non-profits in partnership with Marion County commissioners plan to mark the occasion with their annual PTSD awareness walk. This year, members of the Marion County Board of County Commissioners officially proclaimed June 27 as PTSD Awareness and Teal Out...

OCALA, FL (352today.com) — A two-vehicle crash in southwest Ocala sent one person to the hospital Thursday afternoon after a pickup truck overturned near Southwest Sixth Place. Ocala Fire Rescue responded just before 2 p.m. and found an SUV upright with three people who were able to walk away...

A Villager has been sentenced after shoving a dog walker at Brownwood Paddock Square. Bruce Belden Way, 72, of the Sandhill Villas in the Village of Duval, pleaded no contest to a charge of battery this past week in Sumter County Court. He has been placed on probation for one year.