The Ocala Police Department is investigating a double homicide at the Marion Springs Condominiums in Ocala.
Local weather conditions have prompted the Marion County Board of County Commissioners to upgrade the current voluntary burn ban to mandatory.
The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office announced the evacuation of a portion of The Village of Rio Rancho about an hour ago.
The woman was inexplicably walking in the center southbound lane of the freeway when she was struck.
A witness said the pedestrian was walking north through the eastbound lanes of County Road 484 when he was struck.
The fire threatened structures in the Lake Weir area, but ultimately none were damaged and no one was injured.
Members of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office discovered four bodies in a home while conducting a welfare check Friday night.
A voluntary burn ban has been instituted in Marion County due to dry conditions.
The High Springs Fire Department has begun installing Narcan distribution boxes around the city for emergency use in case of an opioid overdose.
A two-vehicle collision in Ocala on the morning of Feb. 4, 2026, resulted in a fatality.