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A man was arrested after deputies say he kidnapped his ex-girlfriend in Ruskin early Tuesday morning.

LAKELAND, Fla. (BLOOM) – A pair of Lakeland natives are turning up the heat on the sun care industry with the launch of Good Sun, a Florida-manufactured, refillable sunscreen designed to protect both skin and the environment. With summer approaching and Floridians heading outdoors in full force, the new brand arrives...

Featured video is from some local members of the team visiting the BLOOM studio. PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (BLOOM) — Four women from the Tampa Bay area are among a group of American dancers traveling to Normandy, France, to perform during the 80th anniversary of D-Day, honoring the Allied forces’ pivotal World War II...

MULBERRY, Fla. - A woman died after Polk County deputies say she tried to pass another vehicle in a no-passing zone and hit a semi-truck head-on. What we know:. The sheriff's office says the crash happened shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday on Hwy. 640 near Watson Rd. southeast of Mulberry.

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – Detectives with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office are requesting public assistance in locating 38-year-old Erica Mendez, who is wanted on multiple felony charges. According to a bulletin issued by the Sheriff’s Office, Mendez is sought for Burglary of an Unoccupied Structure and...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A targeted Memorial Day weekend traffic initiative conducted by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office from Saturday, May 24th, through Monday, May 26th, led to 11 arrests, the agency reported. Among these, six individuals were charged with Driving Under the Influence (DUI), and four of those arrested...

TAMPA, Fla. — While kids around the Tampa Bay area are getting excited about getting a few months off of school for summer vacation, some are wondering where their next meal is coming from. To make sure every child has something to eat, a statewide program is in place...

Their shoes slipping through yellow sand, Nancy Bissett and Steve Riefler followed an unpublished graduate thesis like a treasure map. They snuck through a jumble of scrub oaks and evergreen shrubs. Emerging in a clearing on a bright March morning in the 1990s, they immediately knew they’d found it.

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – Jackson Louis, a 32-year-old Winter Haven man, was arrested by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday night. Louis was taken into custody on an active warrant for robbery, battery, and criminal mischief. The charges stem from an incident that occurred on May 17th,...

A community is mourning the loss of a family of four;  a husband and wife and her two adult children. All of them were killed in a car crash Sunday night in Ruskin.