Portions of I-75 shut down in Marion County due to tractor-trailer crash

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating after a tractor-trailer crash and subsequent fire shut down parts of Interstate 75 in Marion County on Thursday afternoon.

Ocala police officers who saved choking baby speak
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We are hearing from responding police officers who assisted in saving a choking baby at a Golden Corral Restaurant in Ocala.

Ocala police officer credited with saving choking baby

An emergency unfolded Saturday night right in the middle of a Golden Corral Restaurant. Police responded to the call, with one officer jumping into action, grabbing a choking baby and patting his back until he began to cry. The brand-new mom and dad were frozen in fear.

Ocala rollover crash sends 2 to hospital

Ocala Fire Rescue units on Tuesday responded to a two-vehicle crash involving a rollover of one of the vehicles along East Silver Springs Boulevard.

'He thought it was candy': Warning to parents about weed gummies

An Ocala father has a warning for parents about gummies laced with THC after he claims his sixth-grader took one without knowing what it was. 

Gov. Ron DeSantis announces new Florida tax holidays and exemptions

A series of sales-tax “holidays” on such things as school clothes, hurricane supplies and tools and a suspension of the state gas tax in October topped a package signed into law Friday by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

'That's a good boy:' Bodycam video shows K-9 capture man after police chase in Ocala

The Ocala Police Department released body camera video that shows the moments a police K-9 caught a driver who is accused of leading officers on a chase in Ocala on Saturday.

Florida teens previously charged in body armor shooting death arrested again in alleged drive-by shooting

Two Florida teenagers arrested earlier this month for their alleged involvement in the deadly shooting of Marion County boy have been arrested again following a suspected drive-by shooting.

Federal appeals court wades into Ocala prayer vigil fight

A federal appeals court Thursday will take up a long-running constitutional dispute about a prayer vigil that was backed by the Ocala police chief amid a spate of shootings in the community.

Ocala police arrest 33-year-old man after boy accuses him of sexual battery

Police in Ocala arrested Darrin Charles on Tuesday after officers say a 10-year-old accused him of sexual battery. Photo via Ocala Police Department.