Ocala FL

A Villager’s son who used his mother’s car in a robbery has been jailed after testing positive for drugs. Tanner Reed Archer, 43, who lives with his mother in the Village of Piedmont, was being held without bond this weekend at the Marion County Jail. He had been placed on probation earlier this year, but in October...

With Kroger ending its home-grocery delivery in Florida in January 2026, customers in Central Florida will need to find new ways to get their groceries delivered. Here are three alternatives, with breakdowns of their membership costs and per-use fees.

SILVER SPRINGS SHORES, Fla. — A 17-year-old boy has been arrested after allegedly shooting a man who confronted him on a front porch in Silver Springs Shores, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and WCJB. Deputies identified the suspect as Jeremy Pitts, who reportedly told detectives that...

Villagers are hoping a new restaurant will fill a niche that’s been missing at the original town square. Long-time residents were overjoyed when plans for the massive renovation of La Reina Building included a ground floor restaurant. With the building now being retrofitted for 39 loft apartments, many residents...

I try to stay open-minded and see the world with an unbiased view. Being a resident of The Villages, makes it hard to see the area in which we all live as a normal, sane, healthy, to some extent family environment. The Villages is and of itself a true amusement community.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A mother and son duo will spend years in prison for trafficking drugs from Arizona to North Central Florida, federal prosecutors say. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida announced Kanethia Tremeka Steele, 51, of Tampa, was sentenced to 11 years and three months,...

LEESBURG, Fla. – U.S. Highway 441 in Leesburg may look calm on Saturday morning, but Matthew Capistran, who lives near the road, says weekday traffic is a different story. “Everywhere you go there’s just over development. You just go in and there’s traffic everywhere. The snowbirds then come down here and you just...

A 52-year-old Belleview man was arrested following a bloody attack in a local residence that left his girlfriend hurt and her dog dead. On Monday, October 20, a Belleview Police Department officer responded to a local apartment complex in reference to a physical disturbance that had occurred in one of the units. A...

Marion County Fire Rescue responded to a significant residential fire on November 22 in Citra, with no injuries reported.

Please consider or gather a committee to check on amusement parks and theme parks to be built or come to Ocala. There is a lot land in Marion County. We have a lot of young adults and families here who desire to have other parks here. So many have to...