Ocala FL

Two people face dozens of charges after deputies find emaciated horses and unclean conditions at Happy Value Horse Rescue.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A special meeting of the Dunnellon City Council on Monday will focus on the Rainbow River Restoration Project. The coordinator will make a presentation but one proposal is to rescind the city’s letters of support for it. Municipal elections take place in Cedar Key and...

A woman was transported to the emergency room after a three-car crash in The Villages. She had been traveling west on Warm Springs Avenue at Meggison Road, on the opposite side of the Florida Turnpike from Everglades Recreation Center, shortly before 2 p.m. Monday when she was struck from behind by another vehicle, according to information from the Wildwood Police Department. The impact...

The Ocala City Council will vote on an additional expenditure of over $578,000 for artificial intelligence licenses, Microsoft 365 cloud subscriptions, and security tools. The vote on the $578,413 expenditure to renew Microsoft 365 cloud subscriptions, security tools, and artificial intelligence licenses for the upcoming year will occur during the Ocala City Council’s regular meeting on Tuesday, April 7.

OCALA, FL (352today.com) – It was another banner month for business openings in the 352, as well as expansions and rebrands. Here’s just a partial list of the most prominent new openings that occurred in the area during March 2026. Early Iron Speed & Custom. “Ocala’s only hot...

WILDWOOD, Fla. – A Wildwood area man is accused of fatally stabbing and shooting his mother, allegedly telling police that God told him to shoot her. Derek Vaughn, 51, was arrested at a home off County Road 116 on Monday. Police say they were responding to a 911 call...

In all the years I have been on earth, and it’s been many, I can not recall being subjected to so much unnecessary loud noise as I have in Marion County. Our family moved here in 2014 and have had to deal with excessively loud music (that’s what some call it) either emitted from neighbors that were sometimes 1/2 a mile away or from vehicles passing...

The Community Development District 8 Board of Supervisors has approved a new rule aimed at curbing parking abuses at villas. Audience members cheered as the board voted Tuesday morning to enact the new rule during a meeting at SeaBreeze Recreation Center. Sherry Soper of Creekside Landing said an abandoned car...

The Villages appears to be on the verge of a major evolution as residents could soon ease through the entrance gates without rolling down their windows and waving a card. Last year, in a joint meeting between the Project Wide Advisory Committee and the Amenity Authority Committee, elected officials balked at the pricetag for installing long-range readers at the gates.

A Wildwood man was arrested after he was found sleeping in a home police were watching for trespassers. Officers responded to a residence on Kilgore Street regarding an active watch order around 4 a.m. Sunday, according to an arrest report from the Wildwood Police Department. While checking the property, they looked through an open window to see 50-year-old Hodges Bruce Towns lying asleep on...