Ocala FL

A man was found to be in possession of pills after crashing his vehicle near the Village of Fenney. Jeffrey Paul Licastro Jr., 41, of Coleman, was involved in the crash at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday on U.S. 301 at Warm Springs Avenue, according to an arrest report from the Wildwood Police Department. Licastro said he...

A new Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop is coming to Ocala, with construction ongoing at a location along one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares. The new ice creamery is currently being built at 2708 SW College Road, in southwest Ocala. It is situated between Smoothie King and Ramen House, in a space that was formerly...

An unlicensed driver from El Salvador was arrested after being stopped for a cracked windshield. An officer observed 34-year-old Elias Carcamo Palacios in a white Ford van traveling on North Main Street near the intersection with Oxford Street around 12:45 p.m. Friday, according to an arrest report from the Wildwood...

An Ocklawaha woman was arrested after a K-9 unit sniffed out narcotics in her purse during a traffic stop at a bar on State Road 44. A deputy observed a silver Nissan, in which 47-year-old Elizabeth Lynn Young was traveling as a passenger, headed westbound on State Road 44 in Wildwood around 10 p.m. Monday, according...

A homeless man in Leesburg will appear in court for filling a personal cup twice without paying at Wawa. An officer responded to Wawa, located at 1400 W North Blvd., regarding 38-year-old Kenneth Willis who had just stolen drinks around 9 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 21, according to a case report from the Leesburg Police...

A woman claims she was seriously injured after she allegedly tripped and fell in a hole while she was walking around a restaurant next to the Rainbow River. Attorneys representing Rose Arias filed the lawsuit in the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Marion County against Swampy’s Bar & Grille in Dunnellon on September...

We have lived here for eight years and have seen rapid growth throughout Marion County. Previously, we lived in Johnston County in North Carolina, just east of Raleigh, for 28 years. It was a rural farming county to begin with. Marion County is very similar, in that it sort of...

A Villager was arrested after paying a visit to a known drug house. A dark gray Kia Soul driven by 66-year-old Wendy Allyn Roberts of the Village of Chatham was spotted this past Friday at a residence known for drug activity in Summerfield, according to an arrest report from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - A former Tallahassee teacher is now in state prison for misconduct with a student. State records show Sophina Webb arrived at the Florida Women’s Reception Center in Marion County on Monday. Arrest papers say she taught English at a Leon County high school. She pleaded...

I grew up like most other 73-year-olds, with my parents, 4 brothers and a dog, in Rochester, New York. Our city was busy with downtown shopping stores lined up and down Main St. Just a few miles in either direction of the city were acres of sunflowers, cornfields, cattle farms,...