Ocala FL

A Villager has been ordered into anger management after an attack on a fellow customer who cut in line at a Circle K. Tina Marie Hughes, 65, of the Village of Alhambra, has been ordered to complete an eight-hour anger management course in order to avoid prosecution on a charge of battery. If she successfully...

Sprouts Farmers Market and Chipotle Mexican Grill are both set to open locations in July near the entrance to the On Top of the World Communities on Southwest State Road 200. The first Ocala Sprouts branch and the third local Chipotle restaurant will be located in the 8000 block of SW SR 200, convenient to several...

Ever had that moment when you’re standing in the middle of a treasure trove so vast, so gloriously chaotic, that your bargain-hunting heart skips a beat?. That’s the Market of Marion in Belleview, Florida for you – a sprawling wonderland where one person’s castoffs become another’s prized possessions.

A Central Florida horse owner was recently arrested for felony animal cruelty and others on the property were also arrested. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office Animal Cruelty Investigations Unit arrested a Lake Wales man for felony animal cruelty and seized horses and goats from his property on Poe Road in Lake Wales.

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....