Lakeland FL

Hillsborough County Sheriff (HCSO) is searching for a suspect who shot and killed a man in Tampa. HCSO said they responded to U.S. Highway 301 and Progress Boulevard around 4:19 p.m.

TAMPA, Fla. – A brazen act of gun violence shattered the late afternoon calm in a Tampa neighborhood today, leaving one man dead and a community reeling. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) is actively investigating a homicide that unfolded near the intersection of Progress Boulevard and South 82nd...

You love to preach “transparency” to the public, but when it comes to the one thing you’re actually in charge of, Polk County Animal Control, there’s nothing but silence, filth, and failure. The conditions are disgusting, the policies are outdated or nonexistent, and the suffering happening behind those walls is in...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office shared a video updating on the condition of Stella, a Great Dane rescued from an animal cruelty situation.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (WSVN) — Florida Fish and Wildlife officials said a life jacket did much more than prevent a woman from drowning during an alligator attack in Central Florida earlier this year. “What kind of injuries do they have?” asked a 911 dispatcher. “We only have one injury,”...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A Haines City man, 38-year-old Elvis Davila, was arrested Wednesday morning following a tense standoff with U.S. Marshals and deputies from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Davila, who was sought for violating federal probation, was ultimately taken into custody after initially barricading...

Wesley Chapel, Florida is a suburb located to the northeast of Tampa up near Zephyrhills that was founded in the mid-1800s by farmers and lumber harvesters. At one point in its early days, Wesley Chapel was known as ‘Gatorville’ which seems apt nearly 200 years later as alligators will not stop trying to enter homes...

A Florida man is facing charges for allegedly kidnapping his ex-girlfriend Tuesday after placing a tracker on her vehicle, authorities said. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a report of a possible kidnapping at a residence on the 1900 block of 33rd Street Southeast in Ruskin at...

The Health Department says blue-green algae is blooming in Lake Crago in Polk County and it can be dangerous to humans and pets. FOX 13's Carla Bayron reports.

A Florida Missing Child Alert was issued Thursday for a 15-year-old girl who disappeared from Zephyrhills.