Ocala FL

The city will consider spending over $250,000 to replace four vehicles for the Ocala Police Department that were totaled in accidents over the past two years. The purchase request will come before the Ocala City Council during its regular meeting on Tuesday, October 7. According to staff records, the city...

A woman was arrested after allegedly inhaling an aerosol can in a 7-Eleven parking lot. Officers responded to 7-Eleven, located at 2058 U.S. Hwy. 27/441, regarding 35-year-old Brandi Mitchell of Ocala “huffing” behind the wheel in the parking lot around 10:55 a.m. Monday, according to an arrest report from the...

A Florida man was found guilty of murdering a woman with a lamp. 63-year-old Ronnie James Brown was sentenced to life in prison for the 2019 murder of 68-year-old Jenetta Floyd. Jurors recently delivered their verdict, finding Brown guilty of Second-Degree Murder. Brown was also adjudicated guilty on additional...

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a male suspect who allegedly fired multiple shots at a juvenile victim who was attending a party. On Saturday, September 27, a bonfire party was held at the incident location to celebrate Forest High School’s homecoming, according to MCSO. While...

A man who stole beer and toilet paper from the Walmart at Buffalo Ridge Plaza in The Villages has been sentenced to 90 days in jail. Danny Scott Hollins, 66, was sentenced this past month in Sumter County Court after pleading no contest to a charge of theft. He was given credit for 10 days already served.

A home being flipped in The Villages is carrying a $40,695 deed compliance fine. The home located at 739 Cortez Ave. in the Village of El Cortez has been out of compliance since 2022. The home was originally purchased in 1994 by Fred and June Powell. She died in 2019...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida’s minimum wage just went up to $14 an hour this past week — part of a plan voters approved a few years back to slowly bump it up to $15 an hour. But some businesses are already paying their employees even more than that.

Two Central Florida men were recently arrested for racing on I-4. The two Tampa men were arrested by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office after they were caught racing each other on Interstate 4 near Davenport. At about 2:09am, a Polk County deputy notice a tan Honda Civic and a...

State Road 200 is a joke. A sad joke played on the Marion County taxpayers. I can’t believe that the businesses on this stretch of road put up with this. In order to get to a business on the other side of the road, you have to drive another mile or two, make a u-turn, and drive another mile or two back to the...

A homeless pair claimed they stole clothes to look presentable at a child’s birthday party. Deputies responded to Walmart in Summerfield for a theft in progress at 9:50 p.m. Thursday, according to an arrest report from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. The asset protection manager said that 34-year-old Michael...