Voice of South Marion

08/26/2025

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office arrested an Ocala man while he was working at a McDonald’s drive-through after detectives said he failed to comply with s*x offender registration requirements.

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office arrested an Ocala man while he was working at a McDonald’s drive-through after detectives said he failed to comply with s*x offender registration requirements. Ca…

08/25/2025

According to an arrest affidavit, the chaos unfolded across two days and ended in the parking lot of a Marathon gas station, where one of the victims, flagged down a Florida Highway Patrol trooper and recounted the ordeal.

A Marion County man was arrested Sunday after deputies say he choked his daughter, shoved his wife to the ground, and later brandished a shotgun at them during a heated domestic incident that began…

08/24/2025

Belleview in the ’60s: small-town charm, a friendly cashier, and weekend concerts in the grocery store parking lot.

By Jim Waldron – Originally published in the 1998 Founder’s Review Russell’s Thriftway has been closed for 10 years, but the customers who shopped there still remember it fondly. From 1964 to 1987,…

08/22/2025

This annual event honors the nearly 3,000 lives lost in the attacks of September 11, 2001.

The City of Belleview invites members of the community to gather for an evening of reflection and unity at the 2025 Freedom Walk on Thursday, September 11, beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the Belleview C…

08/21/2025

Meat cleavers, fights at the Sports Complex, and a trespasser who just wouldn’t quit:

Domestic Battery On 8/14/2025, Courtney Lucas (W/F 06/27/1988) committed the offense of domestic battery against a female by intentionally striking a phone from her hand during a verbal argument. B…

08/21/2025

Reporter James Heide-Harrison enters his fifth year in FFA with experience in horticulture, tractor driving, and parliamentary procedure. He is also active in student government, Fellowship of Chri…

08/21/2025

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08/20/2025

A Belleview man was arrested Tuesday after deputies say he repeatedly exposed himself in his front yard, ignoring warnings and alarming a family with a young child.

A Belleview man was arrested Tuesday after deputies say he repeatedly exposed himself in his front yard, ignoring warnings and alarming a family with a young child. According to an arrest affidavit…

08/20/2025

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08/19/2025

Deputies say Roman installed surveillance cameras and timed his sprinklers to blast the family next door—specifically targeting two special-needs children as they were loaded and unloaded from their school bus.

What began as a neighborhood nuisance ended with handcuffs after deputies say an Ocala man used his yard sprinklers as weapons against his disabled neighbors. Antonio Roman, 61, was arrested Sunday…

08/18/2025

What started as a traffic stop in Summerfield ended with fences smashed, stop sticks dodged, and a Nissan Altima permanently retired.

What started as a traffic stop in Summerfield ended with fences smashed, stop sticks dodged, and a Nissan Altima permanently retired. On August 16, deputies with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office …

08/17/2025

Picture it: Lake Weir, 1888, A 150-foot steamer, nearly 200 passengers, and a gala at Lakeside Hotel 🎩⛴️

By Peek Hames – As Published in the 2008 Founder’s Review Magazine In the spring of 1888, the passenger steamboat “White Wing” was launched from the Ropella Lumber Company at Lake Weir.…