Ocala FL

For the third consecutive year, Ocala has been ranked as the second most popular moving destination in the country by PODS, marking the city’s sixth straight year in the top 10. The mobile storage and moving company released its sixth annual Moving Trends Report on Wednesday, May 27, analyzing...

ORLANDO, Fla. – A wetter, more tropical weather pattern is settling into Central Florida and could stick around through early next week. Deep tropical moisture surging in from the Gulf and Caribbean will fuel widespread showers and storms beginning today, with rain chances running 70-80% through the weekend. While...

DUNNELLON, Fla. - A 22-month-old boy tragically drowned over Memorial Day weekend after accidentally falling into a pool in Dunnellon, Florida. On Saturday, May 23, around 1:18 p.m., Marion County deputies responded to a report from Northwest 18th Place in Dunnellon regarding an unresponsive child. The 22-month-old boy

A Marion County woman says lightning destroyed her home just days after her husband of more than 50 years died, leaving her family with little more than the clothes they were wearing.

A fully renovated estate in one of Ocala’s most luxurious private communities was just sold for nearly $1.4 million. Located at 7399 SE 12th Circle in the Country Club of Ocala, the property was sold by Kathryn and Jordan Johnson to Christopher and Kerry Turner on May 18 for $1,398,000, according to a deed filed with t

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Recent rainfall has prompted leaders in multiple North Central Florida counties to lift their burn bans as drought conditions improve. On Wednesday, Alachua County officials announced the countywide burn ban had been lifted following substantial rainfall across the region over the past severa

A woman was found dead near a bridge in Central Florida. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office opened a death investigation in Plant City after the body was discovered. According to local law officials, last month, HCSO’s 911 Dispatch Center received a contact from someone who noticed an unresponsive woman by a brid

An 89-year-old Villager was knocked from her golf cart in a collision with a hit-and-run driver. The resident of the Historic Side of The Villages had been traveling in her golf cart at about 11 a.m. Tuesday on Paige Place in the Spanish Springs area when a white Toyota Corolla pulled into her path, violating the right

OCALA, FL (352today.com) – BJ’s Wholesale Club, the members-only “warehouse retail” (bigger box?) chain founded in Massachusetts, made good on its January announcement that it was coming to Ocala with a groundbreaking event at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, May 27, 2026. The club will be located...

A Belleview woman claims she was retaliated against and ultimately pressured to resign by her former employer after she was subjected to an extended period of sexual harassment by a supervisor, culminating in her alleged discovery of hidden video cameras in the workplace restroom. Ashley Ackerman-Henriquez filed the co