Lakeland FL

ORLANDO, Fla. - SunRail will soon give commuters more travel options in the evenings. The commuter rail is extending its weekday service with two trains running later at night, according to a news release from the Florida Department of Transportation. What we know: — The new schedule will begin Dec....

A Davenport driver was arrested Oct. 30 after police say he cut a merging driver off on I-4 and failed to pull over in a traffic stop. Florida Highway Patrol said Jonathan Desroches was speeding up to 100 miles per hour and using the shoulder to pass stopped or slower moving traffic.

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - A local ministry in Polk County is gathering food and medical supplies and is looking for volunteers to help with disaster relief efforts in Jamaica. Ron Patterson's ministry, Christian Disaster Response, was formed in 1988. This is their second response to Jamaica — the first being Hurricane...

TOWN ‘N’ COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A traffic stop for a faulty taillight resulted in the discovery of a stolen firearm and drugs on Tuesday, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies conducted a traffic stop at a gas station near West Hillsborough Avenue and Sawyer Road, HCSO said. Body camera footage showed a...

As the leader of a nonprofit organization, Dr. Shirley White-Campbell is always prepared to rally responses to a natural disaster in any part of the world. It would be customary for Rapha Hands Extended Community Outreach Missions to organize relief for Jamaica following the devastation wrought by Hurricane Melissa ....

Auburndale City Commissioners voted to terminate City Manager Jeffrey Tillman's employment on Friday after he was accused of kissing a waitress against her will last year.

One hundred and seventy-one people were arrested, and one teenage girl was rescued during the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office’s ‘Operation Unmasking Predators.' FOX 13's Kylie Jones reports.

About 250,000 households across the Tampa Bay region receive SNAP, including more than 43% Hillsborough County residents and 31% of Pinellas County residents. The post Food pantries and grocery delivery apps prepare for looming SNAP gap appeared first on Creative Loafing Tampa .

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd recounted Friday the dramatic pursuit and capture of a car theft suspect, which included a high-speed chase, a deputy vehicle crash, and an unhappy but effective K-9. The suspect, 28-year-old Tyreek Dickens, is now in jail after allegedly stealing a vehicle from an...

The Bob Adams Family Community YMCA — including the Christy Birkhold Wellness Center and George Jenkins Fieldhouse — will open on Saturday, Nov. 1, at 3620 Cleveland Heights Blvd. in Lakeland. The site was formerly known as the Lakeland Family YMCA. Years in the making. This project has...