Ocala FL

How is it that the overpass at I-75 and County Road 484 is still not complete?. The Empire State Building took 401 days to complete. We are going on 1,100 days for the overpass. The traffic is horrific, the congestion is abominable, the frustration from working people who use this...

OCALA, FL (352today.com) – Competing on a large stage and demonstrating her athletic prowess is nothing new to Ocala’s Brittany Bowe. Bowe will be competing in the Women’s 1,000 meter, 1,500 meter and Team Pursuit speed skating events at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. It will be...

A Weirsdale man was arrested after repeatedly calling 911 and falsely claiming his father needed urgent help. Dispatchers answered a call from 32-year-old Brandon Tate Willman around 7:20 p.m. Sunday, according to an arrest report from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. He was hysterical on the phone as he advised...

A sales representative for The Villages landed in jail after skipping a court date. Song “Sonny” Pae, 45, was arrested this past week at his home in Middleton on a warrant charging with the failure to appear. Pae was issued a citation on Dec. 1 after he was...

A planning board will consider a possible additional use of retail space near a new Walmart. A new Walmart is being constructed on County Road 466 in Lady Lake at the massive Hammock Oaks development. The Lady Lake Planning and Zoning Board will meet Monday evening and will hear about...

A student walkout at Leesburg High School on Tuesday has stirred strong reactions across the community, with questions emerging about student discipline, free speech and district policy. According to multiple parents and students, a group of Leesburg High students left campus during the school day as part of what...

A motorist died following a two-vehicle collision early Wednesday morning that shut down a busy stretch of South Pine Avenue in Ocala for several hours. The crash occurred in the 1000 block of South Pine Avenue, near Southwest 10th Street, at around 4:00 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 4. According to...

Charges have been filed against a man accused of defrauding the Ocala Metro Chamber & Economic Partnership (CEP). Here's what we know of that and other cases addressed at the Marion County Judicial Center the week of Jan. 26. State v. Christopher D. Hines Judge: Circuit Judge Barbara Kissner Kwatkosky. Lawyers: Hines...

A Gainesville mother has filed a lawsuit against Airbnb and three homeowners after her child allegedly suffered severe injuries in a near-drowning incident at a short-term rental property in Ocala. Dominique Sheffield, acting as the parent and natural guardian of the minor child, identified as S.G., filed the...

A family that has been a fixture in south Marion County for over a century is being honored with a street named in their honor. The Marion County Board of County Commissioners approved the renaming request during its regular meeting Tuesday. The renaming affects a short stretch of SE 142nd Court that historically...