Ocala FL

A proposal to replace ID cards for Villagers could cost as much as $2.23 million. The Amenity Authority Committee and the Project Wide Advisory Committee will meet in a joint meeting at 8:30 a.m. Monday at Savannah Center to consider a major overhaul to restrict outsiders’ access to amenities and to allow residents...

I moved to Ocala eight years ago for the beauty and slow pace. The landscape reminded me of Lexington, Kentucky. Now, beautiful Ocala, Florida, looks just like Lexington. Concrete and steel. State Road 200 is a wide open race track. I have a friend here who is 90-years-old and he’s all that’s keeping me here.

Two new equestrian-themed retailers have announced their intention to open new locations within an outdoor shopping complex currently projected to open at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala next year. Dover Saddlery and Equine Instincts will open stores at The Shoppes Off 80th at WEC in 2026. In a press...

A Leesburg woman was arrested for allegedly throwing an end table at her lover after finding messages from other women on his phone. An officer responded to a disturbance at an undisclosed Leesburg residence at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, according to an arrest report from the Leesburg Police Department. Upon arrival, he...

A Villager was arrested after she allegedly used a golf club to pound a man’s rib cage. Catherine Ridley, 43, who lives with her parents in the Village of Fernandina, was taken into custody Thursday at AdventHealth in Ocala. She is facing a charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

A Central Florida man was recently arrested for firing gunshots in the street over his job frustrations. Numerous deputies from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded to an east Lakeland neighborhood after it was reported that a man was shooting in the middle of Jungle Street. Deputies were dispatched...

An Orlando man was recently arrested in a $5.3 million ponzi scheme that defrauded at least 10 victims. Attorney General James Uthmeier’s Office of Statewide Prosecution is charging Jerald Clawson, of Orlando, for orchestrating the $5.3 million Ponzi scheme and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrested...

A 19-year-old was recently arrested driving 120 MPH in Central Florida. A Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputy noticed a gray Chevy Impala traveling east at a high-rate of speed on State Road 60 near Flamingo Drive in Bartow. Initially, the Impala was doing 78 MPH in a 45 MPH zone.

A drunk driving suspect will be arraigned this week in connection with the death of a man who had been riding a bicycle. Dale Rollie Shrewsbury, 37, of Ocala, was killed when he was riding a bicycle at about 2 a.m. June 7 on State Road 25 at SE 80th Court in Marion County. He was struck by a 2025 Chevy Malibu driven...

An elaborate scam targeting an elderly Marion County resident resulted in the arrest of a 41-year-old man last week. According to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, the elderly victim received a pop-up message on his iPad on Tuesday, September 16. That message instructed him to call a phone number to “verify that...