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A shot was fired after a verbal argument escalated at a Central Florida store. The post Shot Fired after Verbal Argument at Central Florida Store appeared first on West Orlando News .

MARION COUNTY, FL (352today.com) – The Florida Highway Patrol announced that a fatal crash occurred at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, on U.S. 27 just west of NW 160th Ave. According to the FHP report, a sedan was traveling northbound on U.S. 27 in the outside lane...

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - A man is in the Marion County jail awaiting extradition to Indiana to face a murder charge. Deputies found 75-year-old Robert Lee Sage and collected a DNA sample from him for the Elkhart Police Department in Indiana. With help from the U.S. Marshals, Sage was arrested...

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – The Florida Highway Patrol said a man died in Marion County on Wednesday evening after a pickup truck left the road and struck him while he was riding a lawnmower. FHP said the crash happened on NW 118th Street Road, near Reddick, around 6:45 p.m....

OCALA, FL (352today.com) – An applicant was granted a continuance by the Marion County Planning and Zoning Commission, regarding a rezoning request, at their public hearing on Monday, March 30, 2026. The owner and applicant Gironj, L.L.C., made a rezoning request from R-1 single-family dwelling to B-5 heavy business...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - The manslaughter case against Susan Lorincz and the shooting death of her neighbor, Ajike “AJ” Owens, will be featured on Friday night’s edition of 20/20 on ABC. The episode will include interviews with detectives from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and people in...

OCALA, FL (352today.com) – The Marion County Planning and Zoning Commission heard from Marion County staff regarding the Marion County comprehensive plan transmittal at its Monday, March 30, 2026, public hearing. Marion County staff came to the Marion County planning and zoning commission in Dec. 2025, for a special...

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - A man from Dunnellon faces assault and battery charges after Marion County Sheriff’s deputies say he attacked two strangers in their vehicle. Deputies say 43-year-old Robbie Mikolaj blocked the roadway at Southwest 93rd Lane Road and forced the victims to stop. The driver told deputies...

A hit-and-run suspect was tracked down after damaging a golf cart at a town square in The Villages. Jodi Mientkiewicz, 52, of Florahome, was arrested Tuesday on a felony charge of leaving the scene of an accident. She was at the wheel of a black 2020 Ford Explorer at about...

A Lady Lake woman was arrested with methamphetamine when a K-9 unit sniffed out the drug during a traffic stop. Officers stopped a black pickup truck pulling a trailer with no tag attached and the right taillight out in the area of County Road 25 and Griffin Avenue around 3:25 p.m. Monday, according to an arrest...