Ocala FL

A major development is coming to U.S. Hwy. 27/441 and Lake Ella Road in Lady Lake. The development will take place on 50.9 acres and will include a hotel with 200 rooms, an independent living facility and medical offices, according to plans presented this past week to the Lady Lake Commission.

Check out this red-shouldered hawk spotted perched in a tree in The Villages. Thanks to Ronnie Clark for sharing!. Share your local photos with us at https://villages-news.com/contact-us!

A Middleton woman was arrested after allegedly committing an act of dating violence. Nicole Ann Moldenhauer, 26, was arrested in the wee hours Saturday after the altercation which occurred at her home at 2423 Bowling Terrace in Middleton, the family community near The Villages Charter School campus. A man said...

A Leesburg woman was arrested for battery after allegedly pushing and punching her husband during an argument over “relationship problems.”. An officer conducted a welfare check on the husband of 23-year-old Lyric Destiny Brown at an undisclosed Leesburg residence around 8:50 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6, according to an...

A man was arrested after failing to pay his bar bill at a nightspot in The Villages. Kyle James Horne, 37, of Webster, drank $15.50 worth of liquor Thursday night at Gator’s Dockside at Brownwood, according to an arrest report from the Wildwood Police Department. Horne tried to walk out on the tab, and when he was...

Florida pet parents and fellow dog lovers, a four-month-old Goldendoodle-Bernedoodle mix and gentle giant named Prince is available for adoption through Starting Over Animal Refuge Inc. in Marion County, FL, for a $700 fee that supports the rescue organization's veterinary and care expenses for homeless animals.

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - The Marion County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man accused of putting a secret camera in a bathroom used by a young girl. According to the arrest report for Yurel Barrios Morejon, 44, the child victim told deputies that she was getting ready for school in the bathroom on Friday morning when she...

Every couple of weeks, I see a letter from someone complaining about the improvements to State Road 200. I can appreciate that they have their own opinion but for me, the improvements have been a major win for safety and beauty. For forty years, Ocala has been my home. I...

The Leesburg commission will hold a public hearing Monday night to consider a controversial subdivision which will impact traffic on County Road 48. The plan calls for 910 single-family attached and detached units, consisting of 642 detached units and 268 villa units on a 596-acre parcel with substantial wetlands....

Twenty-two years ago when my husband and I moved into our home in the Village of Woodbury we were delighted to know we were being partially protected by a gated community program that allowed us to come and go at will and yet have visitors push a red button where a “live person” would answer the call and direct the...