Silver Springs News

Are we there yet? Four words that can be the bane of a parents' existence on the family summer road trip.

Published: Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 15, 2009 at 10:39 a.m. EVENTS BOOK SIGNING: Wayne Barcomb will sign copies of his novel, 'The Hunted,' at 7 p.m. today at Barnes and Noble, 4414 S.W. College Road, Ocala.

Silver Springs, FL 34488 Telephone: 352-236-2121 Throughout history, Silver Springs has been a timeless oasis and a place of unparalleled beauty, offering respite to early settlers who drew sustenance from its 99.8 percent pure artesian spring waters.

Published: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 11:02 p.m. A spring recruiting binge at several middle schools has saved Francis Marion Military Academy from going under after just one year.

A Jacksonville woman and her ex-husband are among nine people arrested on racketeering charges in a mortgage-fraud scheme.

Published: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 3:21 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 3:21 p.m. Seventeen homes in Marion County are still standing empty and are part of a mortgage fraud scheme that resulted in nine arrests and was being worked in six Florida counties, the Jacksonville Office of the Statewide Prosecutor announced Tuesday.

David Henges, 6, a kindergarten graduate gets a "Biscuit The Puppy" book from Jennie Weaver, left, and Betty Jean Gadd, both of the Women's Club of Ocala, at East Marion Elementary School in Lynne on Friday.

Published: Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 5:48 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 5:48 p.m. Law enforcement officers arrested a 20-year-old homeless man Tuesday who they say carjacked a woman in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart in Silver Springs and then led police on a chase across the county.

A glass bottom boat rounds the bend as it comes into the main spring at the Silver Springs attraction in Silver Springs on Jan.

Marion County Sheriff's Office is still investigating the cause of a dead body which was found in the forest off County Road 314A.

Officials say they have identified the human remains found last week in the Ocala National Forest as those of a 27-year-old Silver Springs man who went missing earlier this month.

Morriston's Small Farms subdivision is in an uproar over the location of lions, tigers, bears, apes and monkeys in their neighborhood - with some animals as close as 250 feet to a child's bedroom.

Blood-stained clothing items belonging to Derek James McGivern, a Silver Springs man who has been missing since May 3, were found Wednesday afternoon.

Published: Friday, May 15, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 3:17 a.m. Authorities have located the clothing of a 27-year-old Silver Springs man who went missing earlier this month.

Authorities have located the clothing of a 27-year-old Silver Springs man who went missing earlier this month.

The Marion County Sheriff's Office plans to search for a man who has been missing for more than a week after he was last seen at the Back 40 Lounge in the Ocala National Forest .

Published: Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, May 4, 2009 at 10:22 p.m. Debi Bismarck, a commercial sales specialist at Lowe's who has two West Port High School seniors, was shocked that tickets to Saturday night's prom cost $135 apiece.

Deputies in Marion County said a drunken driver led them on a dangerous high-speed chase that caused extensive damage.

Marion County sheriff's deputies arrested a Silver Springs man after he allegedly sped away from his mother's house when they arrived to confront him about a domestic dispute.

Four young men were arrested early today in connection with three armed robberies.