Ocala FL

Another 2,000 homes are headed for 641 acres near the southern end of The Villages. Special Magistrate Lindsday C.T. Holt approved a site plan for the amoeba-shaped neighborhood at a meeting Tuesday of the Wildwood Planning and Zoning Board. The City Commission probably will consider the site plan later this month.

An improvement plat for a 117-home subdivision where 41 live oak trees will be removed was recommended for approval Tuesday at a meeting of the Wildwood Planning and Zoning Board. The Northern Pines Subdivision is south of County Road 222 about one-third mile west of U.S. 301 near the Peppertree...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Marion County commissioners approved a pay increase for firefighters Tuesday. County commissioners passed a new collective bargaining agreement investing around $60 million over the life of the contract. It raises salaries by $20,000. The agreement also starts a transition to a 24-hours-on, 7

A 44-year-old Ocala woman recently posed with her ceremonial check after claiming a $1 million prize from a Florida Lottery scratch-off ticket that she purchased at a grocery store in Belleview. Angelique Hernandez of Ocala claimed a $1 million prize from the Gold Rush Legacy scratch-off game at the Florida...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies say a sworn complaint was filed against the person suspected of killing a beloved pet pig in Hawthorne. Sheriff’s deputies say the suspect faces the charge of petit theft in connection with the death of “Gemma,” a pet potbellied pig.

WEIRSDALE, Fla. (WCJB) - A 69-year-old man from Lady Lake is dead after crashing his motorcycle in Marion County Tuesday night. Florida Highway Patrol troopers say the man was riding his motorcycle eastbound on Southeast 175th Street in Weirsdale at around 8:30 p.m. The man rode off the roadway and...

Retirement planning tends to steer everyone toward the same handful of Florida destinations, the ones with the golf courses and the gated communities. Those price tags have a habit of making you quietly recalculate how many more years you probably need to keep working. What that conversation rarely includes is...

A homeless man with a stolen shopping cart was arrested after he was found in the early morning hours outside a Publix grocery store in The Villages. Timothy Taylor, 54, was spotted at 2:40 a.m. Monday at the Publix at La Plaza Grande, according to an arrest report from the Lady Lake Police Department. Taylor, who was

We all know how congested the streets are in Ocala/Marion County. So often, I see and hear emergency vehicles trying to get around traffic stopped at traffic signals. There’s nowhere for people to move to get out of the way. I suggest that traffic signals all turn to red...

Jail (Unsplash) An Ocala man will spend the next 11 years and 8 months in...