Lakeland FL

Commissioners recognize community leadership, appoint new Planning Board member and prepare for the start of the school year. The first commission meeting of August began at 6:00 p.m. with everyone in attendance. Before moving into the meeting agenda, multiple residents took the podium for public comment. The first res

Halloween, in theory, is supposed to be terrifying. Ancient pagan ritual, wailing spirits, the eternal darkness of the underworld. The whole thing. But at some point, someone looked at all of that and concluded that what Halloween was truly missing was plastic bricks. And honestly? They weren’t wrong. LEGOLAND...

DAVENPORT, Fla. - A Haines City man was arrested for DUI manslaughter Thursday in a deadly Davenport crash that happened nearly three months ago. The Polk County Sheriff's Office said Erasmo Rodriguez, 26, was behind the wheel during a crash that left his passenger, a 28-year-old woman, dead. Deputies said his BAC was

Florida Highway Patrol POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A 34-year-old Polk City man died Wednesday night...

A Lake Wales man has been sentenced to 364 days in the Polk County Jail after a jury found him guilty of starving his dog for months, leaving her with missing fur and a severely underweight body before a concerned bystander's call brought deputies to his door. Maurice Owens, 46, received the maximum possible sentence u

(The Center Square) – A middle school science teacher from the Lee County School District is among those charged in a string of child predator arrests, Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Thursday. Graham Freeman, 56, of Cape Coral was charged with 10 counts of possession of child sexual abuse material and one co

There’s a place in Lakeland, Florida where the sky is your ceiling, the screen is enormous, and somehow nobody’s charging you an arm and a leg for the privilege of watching two full movies back to back. The Silver Moon Drive-In Theatre is the kind of place that...

Months of waiting for answers in a quadruple murder will be coming to an end. Plant City police plan to update the public on the case Thursday.

Two Little Free Libraries were recently installed at the downtown Lakeland and Winter Haven bus terminals. The libraries are the newest piece of Art in Transit, an ongoing partnership between the Polk Arts & Cultural Alliance (PACA) and Citrus Connection that brings arts and cultural programming into the county’s bus s

A MOTHER went on a sickening killing spree after finding her husband’s porn stash and accusing him of cheating on her, police have revealed. Police gave the shocking update on Thursday, months after four family members, including the mom, were found shot to death in the street in a quiet Florida neighborhood in May.