Lakeland FL

Two families welcomed their bundles of joy late last month within minutes of each other at HCA Florida Brandon Hospital.

On November 4, 2025, two sisters, Afnane Kamel, 19, and Hala Kamel, 32, were arrested at a Target store on Grandview Parkway in Davenport, Florida. A Target loss prevention associate reported that the women selected items such as bedding, decorations, clothing, and makeup, and tried to hide them in shopping carts...

Christine Walker grew up sharecropping. On October 1, Christine Walker celebrated her 100th birthday, and her older sister, Annie Lou Harrell, joined in. Sixty friends and family blocked off Spruce Street for the party. Walker has five children, 11 grandchildren, and 68 great grandchildren. Annie Lou lives two blocks...

The Broken Yolk Cafe on North Dale Mabry Highway in Hillsborough County, FL, received a warning from state inspectors after documenting 16 violations during a routine food inspection on October 29, 2025, according to the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation.

A McDonald's location on U.S. Highway 301 in Dade City, Pasco County, Florida, received a warning from state inspectors after an October 28, 2025, inspection documented 11 violations, according to the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation.

An all-you-can-eat style popular local restaurant, Buffet City, located at 810 Cypress Garden Boulevard in Winter Haven, Polk County, FL, was cited for 23 violations during a routine food inspection on October 28, 2025, by the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation.

A man and a teen were arrested after using self-checkout in the attempted theft of $120 in merchandise from Walmart. Security cameras caught 18-year-old Stasia Flory Diaz and 31-year-old Rasheen Hardin, both of Davenport, using self-checkout to steal from Walmart, located at 550 U.S. Hwy. 27, Clermont, around 12:55...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A family stood before the Tampa City Council on Thursday morning to plead that the investigation into their son’s untimely death be reopened. Ismael Coss Jr. was hit and struck by a dump truck while on the job, back in March. Months later, the Coss family told 8 On Your Side […]

New video shows Florida deputies moving in and arresting a suspect who was seen doing donuts during a street takeover, authorities said. The footage released by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday showed deputies responding by air and on the ground to the street takeover involving over two dozen...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – The Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) is seeking the public’s help in identifying a man who allegedly stole an employee’s bicycle from the Publix located at 2040 Shepherd Rd in Mulberry last Thursday. The theft occurred on Thursday, October 30, 2025. Authorities...