Ocala FL

I just finished your recent article regarding the proposition of simply setting gate arms to raise automatically as vehicles approach instead of the current system requiring a card scan or an enhanced system like Sunpass uses to scan vehicles. While I am supportive of a system enhancement such as the...

The issue of displaying flags in homeowner’s yard was resolved at the District 8 board meeting this week. The little American flag, State flag, military flags and responder flags are permitted and protected by State law to be placed and displayed anywhere on a homeowner’s property. This issue...

A Summerfield woman was arrested after allegedly using a knife to threaten a woman locked in a bathroom. A deputy responded to an aggravated assault involving 37-year-old Samantha Jo Cannova at 14072 SE 42nd Ter., Summerfield, around 11:45 p.m. Tuesday, according to an arrest report from the Marion County Sheriff’s...

A personal finance company that regularly ranks cities across a variety of criteria listed Ocala in the bottom quartile of the 1,318 small cities examined, ranking the city 1,033rd in affordability, 1,208th in education, and 1,275th in safety. WalletHub released its list of the Best Small Cities in America for...

MARION OAKS, Fla. (WCJB) - Marion County Sheriff’s deputies are asking for help finding a missing teen they consider endangered. Sheriff’s officials say 17-year-old Jayla Marie Hoover’s family is concerned for her safety due to statements she made before leaving home. She lives on Southwest 145th Street...

FLORIDA — A head-on collision on County Road 42 in Marion County left one person dead and three others injured, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said the crash occurred when an eastbound pickup truck crossed the center line and collided with a westbound sedan. The driver of the sedan was pronounced...

An Ocala woman who forged signatures on nearly 200 petitions related to a casino gaming initiative has been sentenced to over four years in prison. On Wednesday, Maria Guadalupe Bautista, 26, was sentenced to four and a half years in prison. Earlier this year, a Marion County jury found her guilty of 13 counts of...

Marion County was riddled with storefront gambling dens — until it passed a local ordinance in 2021 that gave deputies more power to shut them down. Within months, the slot-machine parlors vanished. Sumter County saw similar results after adopting its own rules that same year. The 13 gambling businesses once...

OCALA, FL (352today.com) – Ocala residents will once again be eatin’ good in the neighborhood after this Saturday, Oct. 11, because that’s when the Applebee’s at 2615 SW 19th Ave. Road reopens to the public after a breakneck week’s worth of remodeling. The location, one...

OCALA, FL (352today.com) – The Florida Department of Commerce has raised objections to a submission by the Marion County Board of County Commissioners that would grant the World Equestrian Center’s parent company wide-ranging special exemptions for the development of its planned sports and entertainment complex...