Ocala FL

A Leesburg woman was arrested for driving with a revoked license after being stopped with an expired registration. An officer saw 60-year-old Annetta Jo Canales drive over the stop bar at the intersection of U.S. Hwy. 27/441 and North Dixie Avenue at 11:40 p.m. Wednesday, according to an arrest report from the...

A Fruitland Park man was arrested for battery after allegedly punching and choking his ex-girlfriend for making jokes. Officers responded to a domestic battery at an undisclosed Leesburg residence around 12:20 a.m. Thursday, according to an arrest report from the Leesburg Police Department. The ex-girlfriend of...

A Wildwood man wanted for traffic offenses was arrested after being stopped for driving with a revoked license and no insurance. An officer saw a silver Chevrolet Tahoe with a missing back window in front of him on State Road 44 around 10:15 a.m. Thursday, according to an arrest report from the Wildwood Police...

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – Two children were reported missing on Monday evening after reportedly running away, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. In a release, deputies identified the two children as 10-year-old Joel Batarseh and Emma Stubbs. “Deputies are currently searching for (the children) in the area...

A Leesburg woman was arrested for disorderly intoxication after she started yelling in her front yard about her husband having “another woman.”. Deputies responded to the residence of 50-year-old Heather Marie Singletary, located at 6745 Fern Cir., Leesburg, regarding a verbal disturbance at 1:25 a.m. Friday,...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement placed a hold on an unlicensed Summerfield teen who was stopped for speeding by 17 miles per hour. A deputy spotted 18-year-old Anthoni Ariel Rivera Rodriguez speeding in a silver Honda passenger car in Wildwood around 7 a.m. Monday, according to an arrest report from the...

With one month still left to add to the tally, Marion County has already generated over $6.4 million in Tourism Development Tax over the past fiscal year (i.e., October 2024 to September 2025), surpassing last year’s total by nearly $1 million. The newest report for the Tourism Development Tax...

According to recent public records, a classic national ice cream brand is set to open in Ocala. Baskin Robbins, led by franchisee Vishal Patel, will open at 2708 SW College Road. Baskin-Robbins was founded in 1945 in Glendale, California by Burton Baskin and Irvine Robbins, ice cream enthusiasts and brothers-in-law,...

A Villager who had been riding a bicycle was arrested after an alleged attack on a golf cart driver in a dispute over the use of a golf cart lane. Dominick Chellino Jr., 68, of the Village of Chitty Chatty is facing a felony charge of battery after punching a fellow resident so severely that the golf cart driver was...

A 33-year-old Belleview who allegedly bloodied his father during a physical altercation in their home has claimed he did so out of self-defense. On Thursday, September 18, a Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy was dispatched to a local residence after receiving reports of a “physical family disturbance.” Upon...