Ocala-News

Ocala-News

Ocala-News.com is a locally owned and managed independent news platform delivering real-time, breaking news to the community of Ocala, Florida.

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  • 1 day ago | ocala-news.com | Jeremiah Delgado

    An Ocala doctor who was reprimanded over a decade ago for performing surgery on the wrong vertebrae in a patient’s back, is facing potential revocation or suspension of his license for allegedly misreading a CT scan and misdiagnosing a different patient who had been suffering from severe brain swelling for over a week. The Florida Department of Health filed an administrative complaint against Dr. John Socrates Scales on May 9.

  • 1 day ago | ocala-news.com | Jeremiah Delgado

    Four Ocala high school graduates were just awarded four-year, National Merit Scholarships that they will all use at the University of Florida this fall. On Wednesday, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced its list of 2,900 winners for its National Merit Scholarships. Each scholarships between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study.

  • 1 day ago | ocala-news.com | Jeremiah Delgado

    In light of Ocala’s plan to remove language from city code that adds fluoride to its water supply, the president of the American Fluoridation Society asked the city to reconsider its position, promising that the additive would likely return in the future. Dr. Johnny Johnson, a pediatric dentist, made the comments to the Ocala City Council during its regular meeting on Tuesday, June 3. “I want to thank you all.

  • 2 days ago | ocala-news.com | Jeremiah Delgado

    Droves of customers lined up early Thursday morning for the grand opening of a new ALDI in Marion Oaks that replaced a former Winn-Dixie grocery store. ALDI welcomed shopers to its new store at 184 Marion Oaks Boulevard in Ocala at 8:45 a.m. on Thursday, June 5. The grocer held a soft opening on Wednesday, June 4, before officially opening its doors to the public.

  • 2 days ago | ocala-news.com | Jeremiah Delgado

    A 74-year-old Ocala man who took summer vacations to a lake in Maine with his family for over four decades drowned last week after attempting to swim into the lake to retrieve a boat that had drifted away. Richard Eason passed away on May 30, while visiting Damariscotta Lake in Nobleboro, Maine.