Marion County Sheriff's Office

A Florida church sustained extensive damage when a driver plowed a van through the front door and then set the sanctuary on fire

The golfer suffered from a broken rib, bruises and cuts that required stitches

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said they responded to several calls Friday as Stanley Jenson was trying to evict 49-year-old tenant Marc Bruss. Investigators say Jensen was told not to return to the apartment and deputies explained the eviction process to him.

Authorities say the bodies of four young Florida children are believed to have been located after the body of their mother was found in Georgia.

Florida Department of Law Enforcement officials issued an Amber Alert for 11-month-old Jhene Clark, saying that she was taken from her home in the area of Northeast 78th Lane in Ocala.

Here are some of last week’s top stories from the NBC 6 Weekend Digest:

Dramatic body camera footage shows the moment Florida deputies busted a large cockfighting ring that led to five arrests.

Florida authorities have solved a 25-year-old missing person case after a convicted inmate admitted to murdering the North Florida woman.

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office published on Facebook that 30-year-old Sara Resko was arrested at her home near Ocala on Tuesday and charged with six counts of child neglect.

A gunman who carried a shotgun in a guitar case opened fire Friday in a Florida high school, wounding one student before he was arrested on a day planned for a national classroom walkout to protest gun violence, authorities said.

Marion County Sheriff’s Office say a detective found a wanted John Stephens at his central Florida home Monday.

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said the teen broke into his uncle’s locked bedroom while he was out of town and went on patrol, pulling over a driver and reported a disturbance at a convenience store.

Sheriff’s authorities confirmed Linley Lemburg’s identity by comparing his fingerprints to those taken when he was enlisted.

Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy David Christmas called the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on Saturday after getting a call about the gator.

A Florida babysitter is facing a murder charge after the infant she was watching died after being thrown across a room, authorities said.

A report says a former central Florida sheriff tried to profit off a crime-fighting kiosk business, violated several department policies and that the kiosks posed a safety hazard to the public. The report by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and prosecutors said crimes likely were committed by ex-sheriff Chris Blair and his chief of staff, Fred LaTorre, but they...

Authorities in central Florida say a man with a group of people on a plane doing military-style parachuting has died after his reserve chute accidentally opened as he knelt near the cargo door, pulling him out.

Authorities in a north Florida county are investigating the suspicious death of a naked man who allegedly broke into a house and attacked three people.

Officials in Florida are investigating the death of a man after a deputy opened fire during a traffic stop in Marion County.