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Newly released data from the Florida Department of Health shows that Marion County’s inmate admission rate has surged significantly above the state average, cementing its position with the highest incarceration rate among Florida’s larger counties. According to the 2025 health figures, Marion County documented an inmat

Rimes Early Learning and Literacy Center in Leesburg is getting a major makeover next school year, and it is all about the littlest learners. Lake County Schools plans to turn the campus into a preschool-only site focused on free, full-day Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK). That shift will send current kindergarten-throu

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Last night, I was honored to be part of one of the most amazing and heartwarming events…”Runway to Hope” that works to help families impacted by childhood cancer, right here in Central Florida. During the event I got the pleasure of escorting...

A Villager has been found competent to stand trial after a SWAT standoff last year at her financially troubled home. Jana Stafinsky, 53, continues to be held without bond following the nearly five-hour standoff Nov. 20 at her home at 2186 Broxton Place in the Village of Ashland. A judge...

Three companies, (Sleepy Creek Lands/Adena Springs, Seven Springs Water Company/Nestle/Blue Triton, and Silver Springs Bottled Water Co.) were given permits (for a paltry $230.00/$500.00 one time payment) to draw millions of gallons of water a day, every day from our precious underground water supply for 10 years. That

A man was arrested after a neighborhood shooting in Central Florida stemming from a dispute involving children. The post Man Arrested after Neighborhood Shooting in Central Florida appeared first on West Orlando News .

OCALA, Fla – An overnight fire at St. Paul A.M.E. Church in Ocala left a church hall unsafe and the building condemned, officials said. Ocala Fire Rescue crews were dispatched about 10:24 p.m. Saturday to a structure fire at the church. Firefighters arrived to find a two-story building filled with smoke, with smoke bil

An ex-husband has admitted slapping a tracker on his former wife’s BMW at a pickleball court in The Villages. Richard Rollins, 72, of Green Key Village in Lady Lake, admitted to the wrongdoing in a bid to escape prosecution on a charge of unlawful use of a tracking device. He has been allowed to enter into a pre-trial

The growth of The Villages has been extraordinary, and growth can be a very good thing. New homes, new town squares, and new amenities have helped make this one of the most successful retirement communities in the country. But growth should never come at the expense of the residents and...

The St. Johns River Water Management District declared a Phase III Water Shortage as drought conditions worsened across Central Florida, bringing increased irrigation restrictions and conservation concerns. The Orange County School Board approved targeted rezonings affecting several Apopka-area schools beginning in the