Ocala FL

OCALA, FL (352today.com) – The Office of the County Engineer provided updates with the various road projects within Marion County at the Marion County Board of County Commissioner meeting on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. The soft opening of the full four lanes of SW 40th and SW 49th Ave.,...

OCALA, FL (352today.com) – The Marion Oaks Flyover and the interchange of HWY 484 and I-75 were topics of discussion as updates were provided on road projects in Marion County at the Marion County Board of County Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. The FDOT Florida Ford Project...

An Illinois snowbird was arrested following a golf cart crash in a tunnel in The Villages. According to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, Romaldo Pete Villa, 68, of Hanover Park, Ill., was discovered sitting in a golf cart at the scene of the crash around 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Tunnel B-13 under Buena Vista Boulevard near the Saddlebrook...

OCALA, Fla. – How would you feel if a person wearing a face mask got up close to you and started filming you without your permission?. That’s exactly what people say was happening to them outside a post office on Southwest 1st Avenue in Ocala. The men videoing...

A 49-year-old Ocala passenger was killed, and the driver was ejected and badly injured after their vehicle collided with another vehicle at a nearby junction on Sunday. The deadly accident happened near the intersection of Pine Road and Hemlock Road in Ocala around 5:20 p.m. on Sunday, April 19. According...

Villagers are rejoicing at the arrival of a new shop here in Florida’s Friendliest Hometown offering authentic New York bagels. Residents from all around The Villages turned out for the “soft opening” of Jeff’s Bagel Run on Wednesday at Southern Trace Plaza. Jeff’s Bagel Run is located in the former home of Giovanni’s restaurant.

Health inspectors temporarily shut down four Central Florida restaurants after spotting serious violations during routine checks in the week of April 12 to 18, according to state public records. The Division of Hotels & Restaurants can pull the plug on operations when conditions are considered an immediate threat to customers or staff, and these closures were logged in the agency’s weekly emergency-closure report, part...

Walmart just spent $16.5 million to acquire a 20-acre site in Ocala where it is building a 170,000-square-foot “Supercenter.”. Wal Mart Stores East LP purchased the 19.61-acre parcel in southwest Ocala from Marion Oaks TRS Station LLC and Phillips Edison Group, LLC for $16,513,258.58 on Monday, April 20. State...

A customer enraged over stale bread allegedly slapped an employee at a Subway restaurant in The Villages. An officer responded to the assault at the Subway at Pinellas Plaza in The Villages around 11 a.m. Tuesday, according to an arrest report from the Wildwood Police Department. Dispatch advised that 43-year-old Roy McIntosh of Wildwood was upset about the hardness of his bread...

A quaint cafe in downtown Ocala that doubled as a shop with a wide array of artisanal products has just announced that it will close its doors after 18 years in business. Stella’s Modern Pantry will officially close its location at 20 SW Broadway Street in Ocala in mid-June, according to a statement issued by Stacey Harvey-Atsides and Albert Barrett, the team...