Ocala FL

A new, 4,500-square-foot liquor drive-thru and tobacco shop is opening soon near one of Ocala’s busiest intersections. Liquor Lane and Flayvor Tobacco Shop are both gearing up to open at 2060 SW County Road 484 in Ocala. The new businesses are situated near CR 484’s interchange with Interstate 75.

Although Grammy Award nominations won’t be announced until next week, an Ocala church says it is blessed that one of its songs is under consideration for best gospel performance. Mount Zion AME Church was bestowed the consideration by the Recording Academy earlier this month for its song “Presence.”

A woman has sued a Zaxby’s in Marion County for injuries she sustained after she allegedly slipped on a “dangerous rug” placed in front of a restroom at the restaurant. Attorneys representing Laura Zappa filed the lawsuit against Swamp Dawg, LLC, which does business as Zaxby’s Chicken Fingers and Buffalo Wings, in...

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - In Marion County, a man in in jail after deputies say he stole about $3,000 worth of equipment from the World Equestrian Center. Sheriff’s deputies Matthew Hall, 38, stole electrical wire from a job site at WEC. Hall admitted to the theft on Tuesday. He’s...

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - A man is out of jail on bond after Marion County Sheriff’s deputies say he was involved in a case of road rage and yelling racial slurs. Deputies say Brian Roberts, 46, of Ocala got angry at another man for honking his horn on Monday night.

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – Marion County deputies are searching for a man caught on video stealing a 4-wheeler from the yard of a home. The sheriff’s office on Tuesday posted video on social media showing the man push a red 1991 Yamaha Banshee out of the yard and away from the surveillance camera on Oct. 24 in the 9400...

(The Center Square) – Florida’s attorney general on Tuesday called for the state to consider placing limits on the use of the insanity defense after a Kentucky parolee who killed a 6-year-old was found living near a school in Marion County. “The facts of this case are tragic,” Attorney General James Uthmeier said at...

Each lot will cost more than $1 million in a planned high-end subdivision in southwest Marion County. On Oct. 27, the county's Planning and Zoning Commission moved that project one step closer to approval. The commission recommended approval of a zoning change needed for the subdivision, planned for the Drake Ranch...

A Wildwood teen will appear in court next week after allegedly trying to steal $513 in merchandise by way of a baby stroller at Target in The Villages. An officer responded to Target at Rolling Acres Plaza to investigate a retail theft involving 19-year-old Alannah Marshall around 2:20 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18,...

High-priority health code violations were found recently at two popular breakfast restaurants serving The Villages. An inspector visited the Denny’s restaurant near UF Health Spanish Plaines Hospital on Oct. 20 and found food at unhealthy temperatures, according to an inspection report on file with the Florida...