Ocala FL

Leesburg BikeFest has announced the Main Stage headliners for BikeFest 2026 which will take place April 24 through 26. Lita Ford will rock the main stage next to the Leesburg City Hall on Friday. Ford’s most famous and successful song is the 1989 duet with Ozzy Osborne, “Close My Eyes Forever,” which reached #8 on...

Construction firm Robins & Morton joined AdventHealth to celebrate the ribbon cutting of the new AdventHealth Heathbrook ER on Jan. 8 in Ocala, Florida. The nearly 14,000-square-foot facility features 12 exam rooms, including spaces tailored for specialized needs, like a resuscitation room, bariatric room, isolation...

A Summerfield man rang in the new year with over $67,000 in prize money after redeeming a lottery ticket that he purchased at a gas station just north of The Villages on New Year’s Eve. Michel Marvin Kempink claimed the $67,145.53 top prize from the Florida Lottery’s Fantasy 5...

For the third time in recent months, Florida Northern has had a derailment within the Ocala city limits. The latest incident, on Jan. 5, involved at least two tanker cars within a rail yard area near the 1300 block of North Magnolia Avenue, according to city officials. No injuries were reported and no hazardous...

Following a year of significant renovations and improved playing conditions at the Ocala Golf Club, city officials are now looking to upgrade the facility’s golf cart fleet with the purchase of 83 new units. The Ocala City Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a proposal to authorize the...

Leesburg commissioners recently approved a zoning change which would allow a developer to create a flexible space building which could create jobs for over 100 local residents. The request to change the zoning to a Small Planned Unit Development (SPDU), which a was approved is located on a 7.80 acre...

Jeffrey Abramowski, a Central Florida man who was wrongfully imprisoned for over two decades, may soon receive monetary reparation for the years lost. According to WESH, a judge has delivered a ruling in line with Florida state law that mandates compensation for wrongful incarceration, suggesting Abramowski should be...

I am pretty sure that I am not the only one who has come across a pack or two of bicyclists riding on some of the major roadways in The Villages. From Morse to Buena Vista to El Camino Real they think it is fine to go 10 miles an hour on these roadways instead of using the multi-modal paths in The Villages. They...

An anonymous tip led to the arrest of a Central Florida man who was wanted for attempted murder. An anonymous Heartland Crime Stoppers tip was recently forwarded to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which provided the whereabouts of 24-year-old Austin Daniel Richardson. According to law enforcement, the Winter Haven...

Children were used by adults in a scheme to pass counterfeit money in Central Florida, according to the Sheriff’s office. Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies began investigating reports of counterfeit bills being passed at two local businesses in the same shopping plaza in south Lakeland. The suspect was witnessed...