Ocala FL

OCALA, FL (352today.com) – Ocala Police Chief Mike Balken held a brief press conference on the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, to provide the media with more details about the double homicide that took place at Marion Springs Condominiums on the evening of Tuesday, Feb. 10. According to...

Solving the Florida Monkey Mystery: From Tarzan to Today: How Hollywood and Nature Collide at Silver Springs and Fort De Soto. If you want the real Hollywood monkey story in Florida, look up near Silver Springs, just outside Ocala. That’s where the actual rhesus macaques from the old Tarzan films made themselves at...

REDDICK – One person was killed the afternoon of Feb. 11 when the vehicle they were driving veered off Interstate 75, overturned and caught fire, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash happened after noon at mile marker 364 in the northbound lanes. That is 4 miles south of the Marion County Road 318...

A Wildwood woman and her Ocala cohort were arrested Friday for the theft of two Yamaha side-by-sides and some Milwaukee tools. A deputy responded to a theft, later found to involve 30-year-old Elizabeth Ann Anklam and 27-year-old Christopher Ryan Holmes, in Sumterville on Jan. 26, according to an arrest report from...

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - A 17-year-old was booked into the Marion County Jail on Tuesday after video was released showing him setting another teenager on fire. Bradey Ming, 17, who was initially booked into the juvenile detention facility on Jan. 29, was booked into the adult jail on Tuesday on the charge of aggravated...

A local resident shared photos of a sinkhole that opened up in her neighborhood in east Ocala, leaving a couple of her neighbors without power and water. Ocala-News.com was notified by Elizabeth Miranda that a sinkhole opened up within her community of Glynwood, which is located at the intersection of NE 49th Avenue...

DUNNELLON, Fla. (WCJB)- CSX has been handed a ruling from a magistrate judge requiring the company to remove railroad ties from Dunnellon within two days or face fines. Magistrate Audrie Hoehn ruled Tuesday that CSX is in violation of an order to remove all railroad ties in the area near the Blue Cove and Chatmire...

Crews are making progress clearing and preparing a large development in Ocala that will feature the city’s first BJ’s Wholesale Club. Located at 7030 SW 59th Avenue, the new BJ’s Wholesale Club is one of several components that comprise the large-scale Winding Oaks mixed-use development, which spans 960 acres of the...

OCALA, FL (352today.com) – Growth, aging infrastructure and capacity challenges to accommodate the denser volume of traffic are among the concerns that most directly impact commuters. The Marion County Office of the County Engineer is working toward making things smoother, including a number of resurfacing projects...

OCALA, Fla. – Ocala police on Wednesday continue to investigate a double homicide at a condo complex. Police said they were called Tuesday to the Marion Springs Condominiums on East Fort King Street, and are now investigating a double homicide. “The area is secure, and there is no immediate...