Ocklawaha News

Win or lose, he will no longer be the governor of Florida after next year. Even if he moves to Washington, as the junior senator from Florida and a Republican to boot in a Democrat-controlled Congress, he won't be able to inflict the damage he has done while residing in Tallahassee.

Florida Highway Patrol troopers continued late Sunday to investigate the death of an elderly man who was likely struck by a hit-and-run driver early Sunday.

BEACON PHOTO/PAT HATFIELD A quiet moment a ' An anhinga dries its feathers as it sits on a dock along the St.

The health of Florida's 309 commercial banks declined dramatically in the first quarter of 2009 as the number of banks deemed the most troubled doubled in number.

The "drill, baby, drill" crowd is once again pushing to open Florida's offshore waters to oil and gas exploration.

Marion County Sheriffa s deputies arrested two people for operating an active meth lab at a location off 106th Place in Ocklawaha.

Published: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 10:03 p.m. Police officers on Monday arrested a 58-year-old man accused of beating up a 93-year-old woman.

A 56-year-old Ocklawaha man was arrested Monday and charged with DUI after sheriff's deputies say he crashed his bicycle.

Published: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, May 18, 2009 at 11:48 a.m. They come from Gainesville, Ocklawaha, Lady Lake and, in one case, Dallas.

A Umatilla man was struck and killed late Wednesday night on a dark, two-lane roadway.

Joe Hoskins has lived in Ocklawaha for about two years. On mother's day, he got a new neighbor, one he's not thrilled about a ' a 150 acre brushfire.

Two men and a 15-year-old boy were arrested on robbery charges Monday night, after deputies say they used a BB gun to rob a man who was trying to buy prescription drugs illegally.

A wildfire sparked Monday afternoon in Marion County. A 120-acre fire burned in a swampy area near Ocklawaha.

Tuesday's first round of the Florida State Senior Amateur Championship at Black Diamond Ranch in Lecanto was interrupted by stormy weather, and not completed until Wednesday morning.

A sexual predator who is a manager at Tall Pines Motel in Ocklawaha was arrested Thursday and charged with video voyeurism after he allegedly secretly placed a camera in the floor to record people, according to officials.

Volunteers in Lake, Sumter and Marion counties are needed for the guardian ad litem program.

Moving water across county lines has always been a point of contention in Florida.

Drug agents seized 107 marijuana plants from two homes and arrested one man as agents worked around the clock to dismantle the drug operations.

A 22-year-old Ocklawaha man accused of molesting his girlfriend's 10-year-old daughter, was arrested by a sheriff's detective and charged with capital sexual battery, according to a Sheriff's Office report.

A Florida couple was arrested Sunday afternoon on charges of transporting hundreds of Oxycodone pills from that state to Maine.