As part of the Moving I‑75 Forward project, the U.S. 27 off-ramp is scheduled to close from 9 p.m. May 13 to 6 a.m. May 14 ...

A new development named Leena Ocala is being built in southwest Marion County. The project will include 300 apartments and 60 townhomes on a 36-acre site. Construction began in late April, with the ...

A crash between a school bus and a pickup truck in Silver Springs resulted in the death of the truck driver. The Florida Highway Patrol reports the school bus driver failed to yield while turning left ...

Former Marion County school resource deputy pleaded guilty May 11 to lewd battery on a child and faces 7.5 years in prison.

A three-vehicle crash on Interstate 75 resulted in one fatality and one serious injury. The collision involved a Chevy Silverado pickup truck and two tractor-trailers. Authorities are investigating ...

Four Marion County high school softball programs will represent the area in this year's FHSAA state tournaments as Belleview, Forest, Trinity Catholic and Vanguard each punched their tickets to the ...

A man and a woman face charges in the death of 3-year-old Paisley Brown. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the man, Jeroen Jarrell Coombs. The child's mother, Jennifer Farrah Kendrick, is ...

An Ocala man is being held without bond on a second-degree murder charge for a fatal shooting in March. The suspect, a convicted felon, was located in Georgia with a handgun that authorities linked to ...

Christian Patrick Parker is on trial for allegedly killing Ariel Hartford in a fatal hit-and-run in Belleview. Prosecutors argue that cell phone data, DNA, and fingerprints place Parker at the scene ...

A man accused of a fatal hit-and-run in 2025 entered a no-contest plea and awaits sentencing. A 75-year-old man will be ...

Marion County detectives are investigating a homicide in the Dunnellon area. Deputies found a man shot to death after responding to a 911 call on May 5. The victim was identified as 29-year-old local ...

The northbound I-75 ramp to U.S. 27 will close overnight on May 11 for road work. The closure is scheduled from 9 p.m. May 11 ...