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Two teenagers have been arrested after a violent altercation. Hannah Haynesworth, 19, of Hernando, had been arguing Monday afternoon with 19-year-old Ziens Sylvain at his residence in the Lady Lake portion of Sumter County, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. Haynesworth struck...

Renee Vivian Lunan, 27, of Ocala, was arrested yesterday on a warrant charging her with throwing a cup of liquid on a convenience store clerk and then pointing a gun at another clerk. The post Ocala woman arrested for pointing gun at store clerk in Gainesville appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

ORLANDO, Fla. — Economists are looking ahead to 2026, and there is hope for the holidays for Central Florida residents looking to get a job or make their next career move. Career experts think Central Florida will lead our state for job growth in 2026. Technology, advanced manufacturing and...

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - The holiday spirit is in all parts of North Central Florida now, including of course the horse capital of the world. We’ll show you how horse country is celebrating in this week’s Weekly Buzz.

MARION COUNTY, FL (352today.com) – Marion County continues to make significant progress on roadway improvements countywide, with approximately $2.8 million allocated to transportation projects over the last 30 days, according to updates provided by the County Engineer during the Tuesday, Dec. 16 meeting of the Marion...

A Clermont man will appear in court for allegedly hitting someone in the face for calling him a racial slur at LifeStream Behavioral Center in Leesburg. An officer responded to LifeStream, located at 2020 Tally Rd., for a battery involving 31-year-old Aldrick Markus Jones and 44-year-old Adam Michael Goodman around...

Interstate 75 cuts through Marion County as one of Florida’s busiest freight corridors, with convoys of semi-trucks passing Ocala every hour. Recent pileups and fatal crashes along local stretches of I-75 show how quickly an ordinary drive can turn dangerous. This guide pinpoints the most crash-prone segments near...

Citing a surge in student achievement and a desire to maintain “steady waters,” the Marion County School Board on Dec. 18 unanimously decided to abandon its national search for a new leader, instead moving to solidify interim superintendent Danielle Brewer, Ph.D., as the district’s superintendent. The board’s...

A habitual traffic offender was apprehended and had her license revoked after being stopped for driving with only her fog lights turned on near an RV campground in Lady Lake. At 11:10 p.m. Wednesday, an officer noticed 27-year-old Taprasha Nigeria Parker of Apopka driving a black Nissan Maxima without working...

MARION COUNTY, FL (352today.com) – In the spirit of giving back during the holidays, colleagues from HCA Florida Ocala Hospital and HCA Florida West Marion Hospital contributed their time and talent to help the less fortunate in our community with days of service at Interfaith Emergency Services in Ocala.