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Visitor to The Villages to seek mental health evaluation after creating scene
2+ hour, 51+ min ago (124+ words) A visitor to The Villages has been ordered to seek a mental health evaluation after creating a scene, leading to her arrest. Anne Marie Zapadka, 59, of Box Elder, S.D., offered a plea of no contest this past month in Lake County…...
New wellness center now open in The Villages
3+ week, 1+ day ago (185+ words) New wellness center now open in The Villages'Villages-News.com A new wellness center is hosting an open house at its location in The Villages this week. SOZO Wellness Center will host the celebration on Wednesday, Feb. 11, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at its…...
Driver arrested with marijuana after crash at Trailwinds Village
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (342+ words) A driver was arrested with marijuana after a crash at Trailwinds Village in Wildwood. A driver was arrested with marijuana after a crash at Trailwinds Village in Wildwood. Jaidon Pekala, 23, of Deland, was in the driver's seat at about 6 p.m. Monday…...
Passenger in speeding car refuses to provide name citing 'mental problems"
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (298+ words) A passenger who had been riding in a speeding car in Wildwood refused to provide his name to police claiming he had "mental problems." An officer stopped the car, in which 21-year-old Danny Antianone Williams of Umatilla had been traveling…...
Weekend suicide being investigated at home in The Villages
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (87+ words) Weekend suicide being investigated at home in The Villages'Villages-News.com Emergency personnel rushed to a home in The Villages on Saturday afternoon after an apparent suicide. The Sumter County Sheriff's Office and The Villages Public Safety Department were dispatched to…...
Someone with a gun might just save your life? Are you kidding me?
3+ mon, 8+ hour ago (239+ words) [woman digging through purse]woman digging through purse " data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://www.villages-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/woman-digging-through-purse-1-300x147.jpeg" data-large-file="https://www.villages-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/woman-digging-through-purse-1-600x295.jpeg" /> A Villager scoffs at a recent letter writer who suggested that someone armed with a gun could save lives in an active shooter situation. Read more: Someone…...
Someone with a gun might just save your life
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (119+ words) A Village of Tall Trees resident contends that not every one who carries a gun is a trigger-happy fool. Read more: Someone with a gun might just save your life How many mass shootings have we had in the past…...
The Villages is not the only 55+ community struggling with adult children and grandchildren
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (156+ words) [Brookridge in Brooksville]Brookridge in Brooksville " data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://www.villages-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Brookridge-in-Brooksville-300x204.png" data-large-file="https://www.villages-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Brookridge-in-Brooksville-600x408.png" /> A resident of a neighboring retirement community contends The Villages is not the only 55+ community struggling with adult children and grandchildren. Read more: The Villages is not the only…...
House of Hope dedicates new facility to help addicts in recovery
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (546+ words) More than 200 people gathered in the rain Sunday afternoon to celebrate the grand opening of the new House of Hope facility in Wildwood. The House of Hope is a faith-based residential recovery center for men battling addiction in Sumter County....
One Percent Group was born between 1930 and 1946
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (166+ words) A friend sent me an article on what they called the One Percent Group which refers to people born between 1930 and 1946." This group was the smallest group of children born since the early 1900s." The article was written in 2002." Since three…...