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Santa Claus was arrested in Florida recently as part of a child sex sting operation, and the sheriff there is not holding back. “He’s a pedophile,” Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd told news outlets following the arrest. Santa Claus might not be real, but for many in Judd’s...

The U.S. coworking market has continued to grow at a steady clip in the first quarter of 2026, a new study shows. But for the first time in several years, growth in the Tampa Bay area has outpaced the national average — making the region one of the fastest growing coworking markets in the country.

FOX 13's Charley Belcher introduces us to two new employees all charged up for their new positions at Winter Haven Hospital.

Water is about to get more expensive for tens of thousands of Sunshine Water Services customers across Central Florida, after state regulators signed off on a rate hike that kicks in June 1, 2026. The Florida Public Service Commission on April 13, 2026 approved a settlement that raises water and...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Polk County officials have reinstated a burn ban as drought conditions continue across the county. The ban includes unincorporated Polk County and the following municipalities: Auburndale, Bartow, Davenport, Dundee, Eagle Lake, Fort Meade, Frostproof, Haines City, Hillcrest Heights, Lake Alfred, Lake Hamilton, Lakeland, Mulberry, Polk City and Winter Haven.

LAKE WALES, Fla. — The Polk County Sheriff's Office says it is still looking for the suspect in a hit-and-run crash who killed a 59-year-old bicyclist on this day, seven years ago. Ramond Johnson of Lake Wales was killed while riding his bike in the early morning of May...

A popular livestreamer known as "Clavicular" was charged last week in connection to a viral video that appears to show him firing a gun at an alligator in the Florida Everglades.

A Florida woman contacted police after a man she met on Instagram allegedly threatened to kill her. Hector Manuel Cruz, 29, is currently in custody in Girard, Pennsylvania, after police in Winter Haven, Florida, issued a warrant for his arrest. According to the Winter Haven Public Safety Department, the unnamed woman reported on April 27 that Cruz was making harassing phone calls to her...

Police Lights (File) LAKELAND, Fla. — A 29-year-old Lakeland man died Tuesday afternoon following a...

Frank Lloyd Wright remains one of America's most influential architects, with landmark designs still drawing visitors across the U.S. Famous for his Prairie School homes and flat, ranch-style "Usonian" designs, architecture aficianados are likely familiar with his most lauded works: Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin or Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Arizona; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City; Fallingwater in Mill...