Ocala

Last month Carlos Romero accepted a plea offer from the State Attorney's Office for a year of probation and a $200 fine and no jail time after he pleaded guilty to sexual activity with his pet...a miniature donkey named Doodle, which he also agreed to...

Check out festivals and events in January across the state. View events this coming weekend, or view the whole month's offerings by region below: Coming up this week Jan. 26, Feb. 2: Just for Kids. SeaWorld Orlando. SeaWorld Orlando kicks off its...

Robert Thomas Rice, 33, of Hagerstown, passed away Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, at Meritus Medical Center. Born Feb. 17, 1979, in Hagerstown, he was the son of Thomas Jeffery and Debra June (Hose) Rice of Jackson, Mich. He attended South Hagerstown High...

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) officers arrested two brothers, Wesley Alexander Godwin, 52, and David Keith Godwin, 50, both convicted felons who are prohibited from owning firearms, reports the Ocala Star-Banner. Patrolling...

Check out festivals and events in February across the state. This list is organized by region. Central Florida (including Orlando, Kissimmee, Daytona Beach, Sanford, the Space Coast, Lakeland/Polk and Lake County) Through Feb. 3: 24th Annual Zora Neale...

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TALLAHASSEE — It isn’t exactly a roaring recovery. But Florida’s once-heralded land conservation program is creeping back from the dead. Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet signed off on a list of 21 conservation projects Tuesday...

The News Service of Florida Nearly half of the metro areas in the United States that saw their unemployment rate drop by more than 2 percentage points over the last year are in Florida, according to a U.S. Department of Labor report out Wednesday....

Deputies were able to track down a couple of home invasion suspects, Christina Lyn Brick, 34, and Jason Michael Lain, 31, both of Ocala, within an hour of the early morning crime after the victim, an 80-year-old woman, recognized the their voices,...

By far the biggest primary night upset in Florida was the loss of 12-term U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Ocala, to a large-animal veterinarian named Ted Yoho. As of July 25, he had just $129,000 in cash — compared to Stearns' $2 million. But what the...

By William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Florida Congressman Cliff Stearns conceded defeat on Wednesday after a very close primary election — a big surprise sure to shake up the state’s congressional delegation. His departure...

The Republican Party of Florida has locked in $2 million worth of television advertising time for Senate candidate Dorothy Hukill, in what will be one of the most expensive legislative races in Florida this fall. Hukill, a state representative from Port...