RELATED: All candidates fail to qualify for Ocala city election due to technical error; special election called Incumbent Mayor Ben Marciano now faces only one challenger, Zachary Feliciano. In ...

Known as "The Gentle Giant," Whitler hosted several radio programs in the area, his brother said. Whitler and MacBlane were ...

A popular and longtime radio host, Larry 'The Giant' Whitler, died in a two-vehicle crash on July 17. He was 70.

The city of Ocala announced today that it qualified seven candidates in a special election. Incumbent, Benjamin Marciano and ...

Two races are set for the September city of Ocala elections. Two incumbents ran unopposed and thus won new terms.

Health officials say a flesh-eating bacteria has already killed four people in Florida this year. The bacteria, called Vibrio ...

All seven candidates for Ocala mayor and city council did not qualify for the September general election. The candidates ...

Cancer claimed his son, Troy, at age 50 in 2018. Then a jet ski accident took the life of his remaining child and son, Cory, ...

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) -The suspects, 20-year-olds De’Nision Cheek, Naheen Odom-Senat, and Michael Wells, are accused of stealing from more than two dozen vehicles in Ocala. The stolen items included ...

Dollar bills on the walls, gators on the menu, sunsets in your face — here are 16 Old Florida-style restaurants worth the road trip.

A system of low pressure could develop near Florida or off the southeastern coast of the U.S. over the Fourth of July weekend, or early next week.

Facial recognition software has helped track down a hit-and-run suspect. Brandon Joles, 24, of Summerfield, is facing numerous charges after fleeing the scene of a hit-and-run crash June 19 which ...