Ocala FL

MARION COUNTY, FL (352today.com) – Marion County commissioners on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, unanimously approved amendments to the planned unit development (PUD) governing the Oxford Downs gaming complex in Summerfield following lengthy discussion over landscaping buffers, drainage easements and structures built without p

An Ocala man and his Wildwood companion were arrested on drug charges after being stopped in a golf cart in the parking lot of a restaurant at Brownwood. An officer observed a blue Yamaha golf cart traveling west on State Road 44 around 11 a.m. Thursday, according to an arrest report from the Wildwood Police Department

MARION COUNTY, Fla. — The Marion County Sheriff’s Office is warning the public after deputies say a woman used a fake domestic violence story to scam a disabled victim out of more than $2,000 through Facebook Dating. Investigators identified the suspect as Gianna Abel-Venezia. According to the sheriff’s office, Abel-Ve

Local officials will cut the ribbon on the new, state-of-the-art Marion County Animal Services shelter in west Ocala this week. The community milestone will be celebrated at the new facility (6405 W. Highway 40) through a grand opening ceremony on Thursday, May 21, at 1:30 p.m. The completion of the...

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - A charging e-bike led to a mobile home fire in the Sweetwater Oaks community, Marion County Fire Rescue crews said. The fire broke out around 4 p.m.

Days after the historic sanctuary at an Ocala church was destroyed by fire, the organization’s congregation has reported that the property was the subject of an act of racially-charged vandalism. Leaders at St. Paul AME Church reported the unlawful entry and acts of vandalism on Tuesday night, hours after...

ORLANDO, Fla. - A hot and seasonable day is in the works for Central Florida with chances of afternoon downpours and storms. Temperatures will be heating up, so plan for highs in the mid 80s along the coast, the low 90s inland, and even approaching the mid 90s near the I-75 corridor.

A Belleview woman was arrested with two bullets after being stopped for speeding. A deputy observed 52-year-old Laura Marie Freer driving a white four-door utility vehicle eastbound on Southeast Sunset Harbor Road in Summerfield around 12:10 a.m. Monday, according to an arrest report from the Marion County Sheriff’s Of

MARION COUNTY, FL (352today.com) – Marion County commissioners on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, unanimously denied a reasonable accommodation request that would have allowed goats, ducks and geese to remain at a Dunnellon-area residential property. The request involved a 0.95-acre property at 6500 SW 202nd Ct., where tenants

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – The father of a TikTok star was arrested in Central Florida this week as part of a murder-for-hire case against a singer, according to court records obtained by News 6. In an affidavit, detectives said that the arrest stems from an investigation involving singer Jack...