According to his arrest warrant, he admitted to sexually assaulting those three kids and was later found guilty on ...

A jury found a man guilty of child sexual battery. A judge sentenced him to seven consecutive life prison terms.

Monday morning, a deputy from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office saw Nicole Backer, 33, enter her car and drive off onto ...

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - Marion County Sheriff’s deputies are looking for a man who went missing in Ocala Wednesday night.

Gov. Ron DeSantis was in Ocala on Tuesday to kick off the I-75 improvement project, which will add auxiliary lanes between SR ...

An Ocala, Florida, youth coach was arrested Sunday in connection to an alleged sexual offense involving a teenage boy, ...

Officers arrested a Richard Hawkins, 62, on Sunday for engaging in illegal sexual activity with a 16-year-old boy ...

A major development — including several types of housing, commercial space, and perhaps even two hotels — could be coming to southwest Ocala.

OCALA, Fla. (CBS12) — Governor Ron DeSantis revealed a plan to expedite the expansion of I-75 in Ocala by ten to fifteen ...

In January 2024, the Ocala City Council allocated $500,000, from the city’s engineering department budget, to renovate the ...

Charge: Lewd, lascivious molestation of a child younger than 12. Was a plea bargain offered? 40 years in prison. The defense rejected it. About the case: Ricardo L. Crawford was arrested in 2018 and ...

OCALA, Fla. — An Ocala youth athletics coach is facing charges after an underage victim reported being inappropriately touched while staying the night at the suspect's home, according to the Ocala ...