Anna Alvarez
Ocala Bureau Reporter
Ocala, Fla.

Anna Alvarez joined the TV20 News Team as an Ocala Bureau Reporter in October of 2025. She graduated from Florida International University in 2023 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication. She hopes to bring a new voice to the City of Ocala, and share the stories of a heartfelt community.
Education
Updated: Aug. 17, 2026 at 5:10 PM EDT
|By Anna Alvarez
A Columbia County community is rallying behind a local man whose severe health problems left him struggling to pay his bills.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2026 at 2:17 PM EDT
|By Ryan Wyatt Turbeville and Anna Alvarez
Firefighters were able to bring a fire at a lumber mill in Dixie County under control after it ignited on Sunday
Two corrections officers attacked with improvised weapons at Florida State Prison in Bradford County
Updated: Jun. 26, 2026 at 6:28 PM EDT
|By Ryan Wyatt Turbeville and Anna Alvarez
Officials say two corrections officers were attacked by an inmate Friday at Florida State Prison in Raiford
Updated: Jun. 13, 2026 at 5:06 PM EDT
|By Anna Alvarez
Hundreds of believers, researchers and curious visitors gathered in Ocala for the Great Florida Bigfoot Conference, an event focused on the legendary Bigfoot.
Updated: May 22, 2026 at 5:20 AM EDT
|By Ryan Wyatt Turbeville and Anna Alvarez
A burned church was vandalized with slurs and demonic images.
Updated: Apr. 1, 2026 at 12:20 PM EDT
|By Anna Alvarez and WCJB Staff
A lawsuit was filed challenging a new elections bill Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed during an event in The Villages on Wednesday
Updated: Mar. 14, 2026 at 6:08 PM EDT
|By Anna Alvarez
A North Central Florida community is continuing to rally behind the loved ones of the Pinner family, a Dixie County family of six killed in a house fire in February
Updated: Feb. 24, 2026 at 5:22 AM EST
|By Anna Alvarez and Gray News staff
The suspect allegedly dropped the 3-year-old victim on the floor and struck her multiple times.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2026 at 1:30 PM EST
|By Ryan Wyatt Turbeville, Anna Alvarez and Dorothy Sedovic
A man in Florida is accused of killing a lumber store employee in an apparent random attack and then wounding two officers in a subsequent shootout, according to the Gainesville police chief.
Updated: Jan. 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM EST
|By Ryan Wyatt Turbeville, Anna Alvarez and Jordan Gartner
A Florida man is dead after being shot while gardening, and the suspected shooter has been charged with his murder.




















