Ocala FL

Diner On The Square at 316 E Silver Springs Blvd in Ocala, Marion County, Florida, received 17 violations during an October 21, 2025, inspection by the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation, resulting in an administrative complaint and mandatory follow-up inspection.

Deputies in Sumter County announced Wednesday that "Little Miss Lake Panasoffkee" has been identified as a Tampa woman nearly 55 years after her murder.

MARION COUNTY – A Port St. Lucie man is in the Marion County jail on charges of domestic battery by strangulation, false imprisonment, tampering with a witness, and felony criminal mischief, along with a misdemeanor count of simple battery. According to an arrest affidavit from the Marion County Sheriff’s...

OCALA, Fla. – A Kentucky man who was released from prison early and was then found living in Marion County, Florida, is now headed back to Kentucky. Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said Tuesday that Ron Exantus was extradited and escorted back north.

A woman has been sentenced to 10 days in jail after she was caught with her pants down during a pee break in The Villages. Karen Annette Crook, 65, was sentenced Tuesday in Sumter County Court after pleading no contest to a charge of driving under the influence. In addition to jail time, she will lose her driver’s...

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – A Marion County courtroom delivered a monumental sentence on Tuesday, condemning 44-year-old Howard Lee Whiteted III to 11 consecutive life sentences following his conviction on numerous counts of capital sexual battery and other related charges involving multiple child victims. The Honorable...

A 28-year-old Ocala man was shot and killed by North Carolina police last week after he allegedly went on a deadly crime spree. On Thursday, October 23, shortly after 4 p.m., Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) officers responded to the intersection of Hoskins Road and Black Avenue in Charlotte, North...

Niagara Bottling will lay off 85 employees at its bottling plant on Northwest 42nd Street in Ocala, according to a notice issued to the state.

Florida officials say that, if the government shutdown continues, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance or SNAP benefits won't be issued to recipients starting Nov. 1. The federal assistance program is run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The aid is distributed on a monthly basis to struggling families who need it...

An Okahumpka man was arrested after driving recklessly to avoid being stopped with cocaine in his pants. An officer observed 27-year-old Nathan Lee Howard driving a silver Chevrolet passenger car southbound on Dixie Avenue at 1:05 a.m. Wednesday, according to an arrest report from the Fruitland Park Police...