Ocala FL

A Villager who spent his career in cyber investigations has been chosen to serve on the Community Development District 8 Board of Supervisors. Gaylon Thompson of the Village of St. Charles was appointed Tuesday to the CDD 8 board during a meeting at SeaBreeze Recreation Center. He was chosen to fill a vacancy created b

A 60-year-old who lives with his parents in the Village of Springdale was arrested on a drunk driving charge after he was caught operating a vehicle without a license plate. Jeffrey Allan Bennett was behind the wheel at about 5:17 p.m. Monday when he was pulled over on Morse Boulevard. A Sumter County sheriff’s deputy

A couple who once sued The Villages over sinkholes has a new problem with another home. The home at 1500 Gadsden Place in the Village of Sunset Ridge at Sunset Pointe was the subject of a deed compliance hearing Tuesday morning before the Community Development District 5 Board of Supervisors at SeaBreeze Recreation Cen

"This is the Old Florida we grew up in. And now they're trying to destroy it."

A Wildwood man has been arrested on an attempted murder charge following a shooting at a local apartment complex that left one person hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. Christopher Joseph Johnson, 42, was taken into custody late Monday night following the violent altercation at the Sundance Trail...

An Ocala man was arrested on a felony grand theft charge after he reportedly stole more than $1,200 worth of tools from a local screen repair company following his termination. Back in late April, 45-year-old Steven Lance Kennedy was fired from A+ Screens LLC. Immediately after his termination, Kennedy was...

The Brownwood Hotel & Spa will require yet another visit from a health inspector after a follow-up inspection revealed that multiple coolers are still out of order. An inspector returned to the hotel at 3003 Brownwood Blvd. on Thursday, June 4, to check on violations discovered during a problematic initial inspection t

An Oxford man was arrested after allegedly giving a woman a black eye and later resisting a deputy’s attempts to put him in handcuffs. Billy Don Marney, 57, was taken into custody early Sunday morning by Sumter County sheriff’s deputies on charges of domestic battery causing bodily harm and resisting an officer without

A 46-year-old who lives with his parents in The Villages is back behind bars after a late-night traffic stop yielded methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Jeffrey Douglas Quinn, who resides at his parents’ home in the Village of Hadley, was arrested late Thursday night by the Lady Lake Police Department. This marks a

OCALA, FL (352today.com) – The pOpShelf location in Ocala is preparing to close, though an official closure announcement has not yet been issued by the company. Located at 4901 E. Silver Springs Blvd. in Six Gun Plaza, the store has recently drawn significant customer interest as shoppers take advantage of a storewide