Ocala FL

A man has lost his driver’s license for three years after hitting a landscaper in The Villages. Dagoberto Cendejas, 26, of Summerfield, was sentenced earlier this month in Sumter County Court after pleading no contest to a charge of leaving the scene of an accident with injury. In addition to losing his driver’s...

Texas Roadhouse at 745 N US 27/441 in Lady Lake, Lake County, Florida, received a warning from state inspectors after an inspection on November 12, 2025, revealed six violations, including roach activity and flying insects, according to the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation.

A homeless woman in Leesburg was arrested for trespassing when deputies found her on her mother’s front porch. Deputies responded to a residence on Sanford Street in Leesburg where the mother of 38-year-old Deanna Marie Reyneveld complained she was trespassing around 11:20 p.m. Monday, according to an arrest report...

A fraudulent boat builder was arrested again in Central Florida for scamming customers. 56-year-old fraudulent boat builder Jeffrey Love, of Deltona, was arrested again on charges of fraud and grand theft after scamming five customers out of more than $200,000 according to local law enforcement. A 9-month Volusia...

Marion County officials will issue a final vote this week on a rezoning request from a developer who wants to create dozens of larger properties on a 407-acre site in south Marion County. The Marion County Board of County Commissioners will issue a final vote on the rezoning request from...

TAMPA, Fla. - A multi-regional operation involving several federal, state and local agencies led to the rescue of 122 missing or endangered children from Florida and nine other states. By the numbers:. Operation Home for the Holidays was a two-week operation across Central Florida that used real-time intelligence and...

A bank robber in Central Florida was arrested after his mom contacted law enforcement and turned him in. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office arrested the man for a bank robbery in Tampa. 33-year-old Aaron Spencer entered the Truist Bank on Memorial Highway at 1:10pm and demanded money from the...

Month-Long Register Round-Up Initiative to Support Hunger Relief Efforts Amid SNAP Uncertainty. Goodwill Industries of Central Florida is donating all of its November round up at the register proceeds to Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida. Second Harvest Food Bank is a vital organization dedicated to...

The Villages’ first grocery store has bagged up final its sale. The Winn-Dixie at La Plaza Grande has closed in anticipation of its conversion to an ALDI grocery story. That particular Winn-Dixie holds a special place in the history of The Villages. It was the first supermarket to open in Florida’s Friendliest...

UPDATE: Thomas Mendrala has been located and is safe. A Silver Alert has been issued for an Alzheimer’s patient who left an assisted living facility in The Villages. Thomas “Tom” Mendrala, 84, who has cognitive impairment/early stage Alzheimers left the Watercrest Assisted Living Facility in the Spanish Springs area...