Ocala FL

Purchasing a home is one of the most important investments there is. More than a place to live, homeownership is an asset with the potential to tremendously rise in value. But with home prices reaching record heights, affordability plays a huge role for buyers. The typical home value in the...

A daughter claims her mother suffered “extreme pain and suffering” before her “untimely death” at an Ocala nursing home last year, accusing the facility of negligent care that led to her mother developing hypotension, sepsis, E. coli, and a urinary tract infection just weeks before her death.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - The first of three defendants in a triple murder case from Ocklawaha is set to learn his fate on Tuesday, and the other two will follow on Wednesday. Christopher Atkins, 15, who was 12 when he was arrested, is set to be sentenced on Tuesday. In...

There was an article that requested feedback on whether the age-restrictions responsibility should be removed from the Developer. I could not agree more! I feel like I drank the Kool-Aid when we bought in The Villages years ago. We were sold a bill of goods that it was a “retirement community for people 55 and over.”...

A Roses location in southwest Ocala will close its doors in the coming weeks to be rebranded as a new Big Lots, just a few months after all of the Big Lots locations in Ocala closed their doors. Roses will close its location at 8445 SW State Road 200 in...

Portillo’s fans in Central Florida have something new to look forward to! The Chicago-style restaurant chain has officially signed a lease to open a 4,300-square-foot location in Middleton Town Center at The Villages, near the charter school campus, the company confirmed in a press release Monday, May 7, 2025.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Marion County Sheriff’s deputies say Tevin Staymate, 30, stole gardening tools from a crew in Dunnellon on Sunday afternoon. Investigators say he then went to the Walmart on North Williams Street and stole several pairs of sunglasses. Staymate is being held on a $9,000 bond.

OCALA, Florida – The Florida Lottery announces that David Davison, of Ocala, claimed a $1 million prize from the 500X THE CASH Scratch-Off game at the Lottery’s Gainesville District Office on April 18. The Marion County man chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of...

Deputies said an Ocala woman was arrested over the weekend after a chaotic altercation at a home in Putnam County.

A sister was arrested after paying an unwanted visit to a home in The Villages. Lynnette Sondi Kline, 42, who lives in the Fairwinds Villas in the Village of St. James, was arrested after showing up Saturday afternoon at her sister’s house in the Village of Fenney, according to an arrest report from the Wildwood...