Ocala FL

The people of Lake Laguna have been tormented by non-residents fishing. Leaving trash, dead fish, tin and plastic bottles. Every month I walk the lake to pick up their litter many lake residents know me. I pick up the trash and dead fish to help keep the lake clean and odorless. The non-resident fishermen have no...

A renter was arrested during a raid at a drug house on the Historic Side of The Villages. Lady Lake police went to the home at 1787 W. Schwartz Blvd. in the Village of Country Club Hills at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday at the request of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. It was believed that there were two people at...

(This story was updated to accurately reflect the most current information) A man was shot and killed in front of his southeast Ocala home the afternoon of Jan. 7. Shortly after the shooting the Ocala Police Department detained a man, described as a person of interest, for questioning. At an 8:30 p.m. news...

A Villager arrested this past November in a SWAT standoff at her home has fired her public defender and is demanding her release from jail. Jana Stafinsky, 53, continues to be held without bond following the nearly five-hour standoff Nov. 20 at her home at 2186 Broxton Place in the Village of Ashland.

A Steak 'n Shake location in Lake County, Florida, was issued a warning by state food and health inspectors after a complaint-driven inspection revealed five violations, including one high-priority issue, according to state records from the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation.

A 19-year-old Ocala man, who was arrested last week in connection with a Christmas Day shooting that claimed the life of a 21-year-old father, has been denied bond and will remain incarcerated. During his first court appearance on Tuesday, January 6, Curnelius Andrew Brown, Jr. was denied bond by a...

United States — After a stretch of unusually warm temperatures across Florida, a sharp cold plunge is expected to move in Sunday night, leading to much colder wind chills Monday morning across a large portion of the state. The dramatic shift follows a passing cold front and will create conditions that feel more like...

Marion County Sheriff’s officers apprehended a woman accused of ramming a car with children in a Dollar General parking lot. According to the police record, Kayla Agee, 26, got into an altercation with a woman in the parking lot on Saturday. Agee was apparently upset that the other mom left her kids in her car while...

LEESBURG, Fla. — A group of Lake County volunteers are asking county and state leaders for help with a struggling cemetery in Leesburg. Residents say they’ve been stepping up to help clean the Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery after discovering it’s been neglected. Volunteers in Leesburg say they...

ORLANDO, Fla. – High pressure sitting over the state will keep Central Florida drier and warmer than normal before a cooldown returns by the weekend. Fog developed early Thursday, with visibility less than a quarter of a mile through sunrise in some spots and prompting a Dense Fog Advisory through 10 a.m.