Hurricane season nearing end, but Florida's recovery from Idalia to take time

For a second consecutive hurricane season, Florida took a direct hit from a major storm. But while the 2023 season will end next week, restoration efforts from Hurricane Idalia will continue for years in rural North Florida.

Florida man helps take down carjacking suspect in Starbucks drive-thru: 'I'm going to get you, buddy'

After a police chase ended near an Ocala Starbucks where a suspect allegedly tried to carjack a woman, a man in the next car jumped in to help and held onto the suspect until police caught up.

1 dead after shooting near Ocala Burger King, police say

One person was killed after a shooting that happened near an Ocala Burger King Friday evening, police said.

FL woman drunkenly runs over, kills husband • FL mom leaves toddler, baby in car to visit bar • Wild car chase

A 70-year-old Florida woman was arrested for allegedly running over her husband and killing him while drunk, a Florida mom reportedly left her two young children in her car while she visited a bar, a Florida woman was arrested for allegedly pushing an elderly woman to the ground over a heated argument about a boil water notice, a wild police chase was caught on camera, and a Florida woman sprayed water in an elderly woman's face because she ‘would not stop talking:’ Here's FOX 35's Week in Review.

Blaring fire alarm finally turned off
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Ocala residents are relieved after a blaring fire alarm that was going off for almost a week was finally turned off

Florida man's injurious day-long crime spree ends with failed carjacking at Starbucks drive-thru, police say

A Florida man recently released from prison stole a woman's car from her Sumter County home, crashed it, before trying to carjack a woman at an Ocala Starbucks that same day, police said.

Carjacking suspect arrested in Ocala after chase
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A man allegedly broke into a woman's home in The Villages and stole her purse and keys, then took her Cadillac. Michael Prouty, the suspect, was spotted in Ocala, where he tried to carjack a woman's car in Starbucks, before he was apprehended. He was booked into jail on several charges, including fleeing and eluding, attempted carjacking, crash, resisting arrest, home invasion, battery, and grand theft.