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OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - Laughter, music and food are guaranteed at a Juneteenth celebration in Ocala on Friday. TV20 spoke with the host and a musician who are taking the stage in what organizers are calling a citywide family reunion. Jonathan Slocum will bring his clean comedy and Steve Ray...

Leesburg Marketplace, a prominent 81,071-square-foot retail center on West North Boulevard, has been sold for $11.5 million, commercial real estate brokerage Marcus & Millichap announced June 17 in a media release. The 9.35-acre property at 1101-1107 W. North Blvd. is currently 95% occupied. It is anchored by major ten

An Inverness man with a suspended license was arrested with heroin after being stopped at 7-Eleven. A deputy observed 53-year-old David Howard Crosby driving a black 2008 Subaru hatchback westbound in Bushnell around 9:40 p.m. Tuesday, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. The vehicle h

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - A 22-year-old man convicted of murder in Ocala was sentenced to life in prison and is not expected to ever walk free again. Court records show Blayze White was sentenced to life for shooting and killing Derrick Brown. Brown was playing a video game when he...

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - Marion County Sheriff’s deputies are paying respect to a k-9 who was killed in the line of duty. A bronze memorial statue honoring K-9 Leo now stands outside the MCSO Central Operations building. Leo died days after he was shot while helping deputies arrest a...

A man was arrested after video shows him firing shots into the air out of a moving truck in Ocala

A Villager told law enforcement his wife’s prolonged illness forced him to steal money from his employer. A deputy met with the owner of Low Ball Louie’s cigar bar in Lady Lake to discuss an employee theft investigation on Saturday afternoon, according to a case report from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. The owner s

A 73-year-old Villager was arrested on a felony charge of aggravated battery after an altercation over dinner left a man covered in blood and needing stitches. Lucille Ann Chigi was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon at her home at 6209 Osteen Ave. in the Village of Edenfield. When officers arrived at the residence

When pickleball gets too loud and boisterous near your home in the Villages of Southern Oaks, who are you gonna call?. Apparently not the city of Wildwood. Earlier this year, 140 residents near the Saluki Recreation Center pickleball courts on Marsh Bend Trail signed a petition asking for steps to reduce the noise.

A FOX 35 records inspection has revealed that Luv-N-Hugs daycare in Fruitland Park has been cited by the state more than 10 times over the past three years for critical compliance failures. The public DCF reports show a history of violations including unsafe child-to-staff ratios, missing employee background checks, an