Ocala FL

With just over six months remaining until the first day of classes, the campus of the new, $165 million South Marion High School is rapidly taking shape in southwest Ocala. Located at 1350 SW 165th Street, recent photos from the site show substantial vertical progress on the buildings that will soon welcome more than...

A Villager has been arrested after allegedly stealing jewelry at a store at Brownwood Paddock Square. Tracey Ann Chartier, 57, of the Village of Monarch Grove, is facing a charge of theft after stealing $600 worth of bracelets and from Kylie’s Closet on Jan. 26, according to an arrest report from the Wildwood Police...

A native of Colombia will be turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a violent road rage incident involving a gun. Delwin Wadid Machado Gutierrez, 35, was positively identified by three people who had summoned law enforcement to the Lake Miona Boat Ramp in Oxford at about 2 p.m. Saturday,...

WILDWOOD, FL (352today.com) – We’re a little late to the party on this one, but 352Today just learned that the Wildwood location of the iconic Coney Island Drive-Inn hot dog restaurant brand closed for good at the end of business on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. While it had...

Several readers shared photos with Ocala-News.com of icicle-filled trees and other frozen fixtures across Marion County as residents battle freezing temperatures that will return nightly this week. Residents in Ocala and Marion County woke up to sub-freezing temperatures (i.e., below 32 degrees Fahrenheit) on Sunday...

Reading from a prepared statement on Jan. 30, former Marion County Sheriff's Deputy Christina Gates Thagard pleaded with U.S. District Judge Thomas A. Barber for leniency and promised she would never commit another crime. Thagard, 41, was arrested by Ocala Police Department officers on May 3, 2025, and accused of...

A Fort McCoy woman has filed a lawsuit against a local convenience store and gas station, claiming she suffered serious injuries after tripping in a pothole while pumping gas. Kathryn D. Bench filed the complaint on Jan. 19 in the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Marion County against Eureka Qwik King Food Store LLC...

A Miller's Ale House in Marion County failed a routine food and health inspection on Jan. 27, 2026, with 18 violations recorded by the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation. The popular Marion County casual sports-pub chain restaurant received an administrative complaint recommendation after...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Utility companies in Central Florida sent a message to customers, urging them to reduce and conserve energy use Monday morning when demand for electricity was anticipated to be the highest. Customers were asked to reduce energy use, especially early Monday morning when most of Central Florida...

Ocala Mayor Ben Marciano has issued an appeal through social media for electric utility customers to help conserve energy during the cold snap affecting the area. Around 1:15 p.m. Sunday, he posted this on his Ben Marciano Mayor of Ocala Facebook page:. “Cold weather across Florida is driving unusually high...