Ocala FL

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – Lurking in the woods of Ocklawaha is a large, two-story house built nearly 100 years ago. No one lives there anymore, but that wasn’t always the case. Originally, the home was built on Lake Weir in 1930 by the Bradford family, and it was...

Two trespassing suspects were arrested after they were found at a restricted construction site near The Villages. The two Cuban-born men – 27-year-old Emmanuel Artigas Corvea and 33-year-old Jorge Luis Varona Quinones – were spotted shortly before midnight Wednesday at a construction site at County Road 25 and Marion...

The Ocala Police Department has conducted over 14,000 traffic stops through the first half of 2025, continuing a trend every two weeks of performing more 1,000. During Tuesday’s Ocala City Council meeting, OPD Chief Mike Balken shared a brief update on the city’s traffic statistics to date. As...

ARCADIA — A state inmate who served time at the DeSoto Correctional Institution is charged with attempted murder, accused of stabbing another inmate six years ago.

A suspect has been arrested on a charge of molesting an 8-year-old girl who recently lost her mother. On June 16, deputies responded to a report of sexual abuse at an undisclosed Wildwood residence, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. The initial investigation revealed 62-year-old...

A Lake County woman was arrested after allegedly attacking her husband during an argument triggered by painting a bedroom wall. A Lake County woman was arrested for battery after allegedly attacking her husband during an argument triggered by painting a bedroom wall. An officer responded to a civil matter at...

MARION COUNTY, Fla. (WSVN) — Authorities made a startling discovery after catching up to a driver who tried escaping police during a routine traffic stop near Orlando. After Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputies took Jordan Skeene into custody, they discovered he had a child in the backseat of his car the entire...

A 44-year-old Ocala woman was arrested after she was caught riding a bicycle that she allegedly stole from a local residence weeks earlier. On Friday, May 30, a female victim contacted the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and reported that her mint green Nishiki Pueblo bicycle had been stolen out of her garage,...

THE VILLAGES, Fla. (WCJB) - The Marion County Sheriff’s Office needs help identifying individuals who robbed a Publix. The theft occurred at the Publix Liquor Store on 165th Mulberry Lane in The Villages. One individual filled a bag, the other a shopping basket and walked out with more than...

A Florida-based optometry company has terminated employees at 43 locations across the state of Florida, including multiple individuals in Marion County, Sumter County, and Lake County, citing the loss of a contract. Global Care Optometry filed the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Notice with the Florida...