Marion County — Two Marion County parents have been jailed for not ensuring their children were in school. Marion County Truancy Court Judge Brad King sentenced one parent to six months and another ...

Ocala Police executed an arrest warrant against a man they say had committed multiple offenses against a teenage girl. William Justin Specht, 40, of Ocala, was arrested Friday. Charges against Specht ...

Florida — On May 19, 2025, Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 1388, also known as the Boater Freedom Act, into law. This bill allows Florida boaters to be free from undue government interference ...

SUBDIVISION, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Plat Book “H”, Page 11, of the Public Records of Marion County, Florida, lying North of the following described line. Begin at the ...

Ocala Police Detective Drake arrested 42-year-old Gregory Ramputi for multiple sexual offenses against students while he was a dean at Vanguard High School. Ramputi was in a position of authority over ...

Ocala, Florida — The College of Central Florida will showcase the talent of its Visual Arts and Digital Media students in the annual show that provides student artists an opportunity to present their ...

Marion County – Marion County Public Schools will start the new school year Tuesday, August 10, with masks optional for students and employees. A majority of Marion County School Board members upheld ...

Multiple catalytic converter thefts have been reported in Ocala. According to several recycling facilities, as scrap, catalytic converters are valued between $100 and $600 (just an estimate) depending ...

Three men, not from Florida, will have to remain behind bars for having sex with horses, goats, dogs, and cows after a superior court rejected their appeal. The Pennsylvania men were arrested in 2018 ...

Florida — As if 2020 couldn’t get any weirder. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says they are now caring for a two-headed snake found in Palm Bay, Florida. The Kay Rodgers family ...