Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan competed with hot weather and a heated crowd of his opponents’ supporters at a campaign event in Ocala today. The Republican congressman from Wisconsin answered North Central Florida residents’ questions in a town hall style campaign event. The event was held in the Ocala Downtown Square, where the temperature hovered around 87 degrees.

Follow WUFT News' live tweets from reporter Wade Millard who is at the scene of a Paul Ryan speech today in Ocala.

Locals spoke out Tuesday against the amount of water requested by a billionaire-backed farm expanding throughout North Central Florida.

A video round-up of local, state and national stories for readers in North Central Florida.

A British trade group’s pork shortage prediction has industry worried, but others look at the ongoing drought as the real problem.

A health group suggests teenagers use long-lasting birth control, such as IUDs, along with more popular products, such as condoms.

A panel of experts will meet today at the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law to discuss how women's issues are treated in this year's election and how the cultural roles of women have changed.

A vote on whether or not a bike trail should run through Haile Plantation ended in a tie at a Tuesday meeting of Alachua County Board of County Commissioners.