Marion County (Indiana)

New estimates show that Indiana's limits on property tax bills will have less of an impact on taxpayers and local governments than previously thought. The Legislative Services Agency estimated last March that caps on property tax bills could reduce...

This Florida city in Marion County is about as far from Hollywood as you can get. Maybe that's why actor John Travolta moved his family here. The social scene revolves around ranchers' soirees, and horse riding is one of the main pastimes. Mobile-home...

A Lake County woman who sped away from a fatal crash scene might get her drivers license back when she is released from prison next year. Lake Circuit Judge Mark Nacke agreed last week that the sentencing judge did not have the authority to permanently...

A woman convicted of two murders who escaped from an Indiana prison in August was captured in Chicago just hours after the television show "America's Most Wanted" profiled her case, authorities said Sunday. Chicago police received an anonymous tip...

Junior Achievement of Lake and Sumter Counties, a national nonprofit organization founded in 1919, is hoping it will strike gold. JA is accepting donations of gold jewelry that will be sold at market value. The cash will be used to implement its economic...

An Ocala mother is apologizing after she was charged with telling church members her child had cancer and needed money for a kidney transplant and then pocketing the cash. Marion County Sheriff's deputies say Misty Dawn Everly visited multiple churches...

Winter Park-based Tijuana Flats has announced a lease signing in Marion County. The Tijuana Flats Ocala restaurant will open during the first quarter of 2009. It will be located at 3950 S.W. College Road. The 2,000-square-foot restaurant will have...

A few hours before authorities say Douglas Skipworth opened fire on his estranged wife in a drugstore Saturday, he convinced police that he posed no immediate danger. His barber had alerted police Saturday morning that Skipworth, 54, was upset about...

Police arrested a suspect Sunday in the Oregon bank bombing that killed two officers and critically wounded a police chief. Authorities declined to release the identity of the suspect or the circumstances of the arrest until today, saying only that the...

Adam Dudley has watched business dry up at Sol River Coffee House & Lounge in MetroWest. So Dudley is trying a new tactic to stay in business. He's appealing to his customers for a loan of sorts -- with interest paid back in the form of all the omelets,...

Race was not on the mind of Michael Whitaker, 18, as he defended Barack Obama during an impassioned conversation in the student union at West Virginia State University. Whitaker, an African-American majoring in political science, touted Obama's views...