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Weeks after a large fight put Lake Winterset in the spotlight, Polk County commissioners could vote on Tuesday to enforce new restrictions. FOX 13’s Kellie Cowan reports.

Spirit Halloween finds vacant retail spaces and signs temporary leases to set up shop leading up to Halloween — but locations can change each year.

An illegal alien crime ring has been busted in Central Florida after stealing over $400,000 in semi-truck parts. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier’s Office of Statewide Prosecution is accusing four members of a crime ring of stealing over $400,000 in truck parts. According to a law enforcement investigation led...

Schools in the Tampa Bay area are seeing fewer students in their classrooms than last year, according to districts' preliminary 10-day counts. While districts expected the drop in enrollment, some experienced a larger decline than anticipated, which could mean a hit to school budgets. Various factors are contributing...

A woman was recently taken into custody after an online bank fraud scheme in Central Florida. An investigation by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Economic Crimes Section resulted in the arrest of a Tampa woman involved in an ATM tap-in fraud scheme. HCSO received a tip identifying 24-year-old Janetcilize...

Anthony Collins explained his departure by stating, "I didn’t want my personal life to bring unwarranted distractions to the workplace.”. A top deputy in the Hillsborough, Florida County Sheriff’s Office abruptly resigned in July after his wife accused him of cheating in an elite FBI leadership program. The charge...

Polk County Sheriff’s Office charges a man with multiple felonies, including interfering with a train and battery on a law enforcement officer, following a chaotic incident in Mulberry. An illegal immigrant, Josue Castaneda-Castro, 38, was arrested Saturday evening after a bizarre and violent confrontation that began...

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office recently detained two people involved in a Tampa shooting. Earlier last summer, deputies responded to allegations of a shooting in Tampa’s 100 block of Bush Lane. Deputies found a victim with several gunshot wounds. Surveillance video caught a white Acura RDX arriving shortly...

WAVERLY, FL – A late-night traffic stop on Friday, August 29, led to the arrest of a Fort Myers teen after a deputy clocked his car going 112 mph in a 60 mph zone. Deputy Giroux of the Polk County Sheriff’s Office was conducting traffic enforcement near US 27 and Peace Creek Road when he spotted a black Kia Forte...

CLEARWATER — The city is removing street paintings, in compliance with a statewide directive against public art displays on roadways. Officials in St. Petersburg, Tampa and Clearwater received letters Aug. 22 with directions: Remove the identified street murals by Sept. 4 or risk losing state funding. Clearwater...