Lakeland FL

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A 30-year-old Lakeland woman is behind bars after attempting to evade a deputy on Monday, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities arrested Alexus Nicole Dupree on August 24, 2026, along Nokonis Avenue in Lakeland. According to the sheriff’s office reports, a deputy...

Plant City residents confronted officials during a city commission meeting over the expanding use of Flock Safety license plate readers. Plant City police say Flock cameras have contributed to 101 positive outcomes so far this year, including 11 arrests and three recovered stolen vehicles. Community members raised conc

Polk County has three new restaurant concepts in development, including an Italian cafe and retail market and cafe, a revived Cajun restaurant and a waterfront Indian fusion destination. Here’s what’s currently planned. Fresh Pasta Etc — Lake Wales. Address: 1 N Scenic Hwy Ste 101 & 103,...

Making immediate judgments on food when you come into a meal with pangs of hunger can be dangerous. Almost anything tastes great when you’re that in need of calories. Moments after my first taste of the Tower 10 Tacos truck, it was with that in mind that I turned to my friend and said, “I’m trying not to be prisoner of

RUSKIN, Fla. (WFLA) — A teenager is in critical condition after being stabbed across the street from Lennard High School Monday afternoon, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said. A spokesperson for Hillsborough County Public Schools confirmed that the boy is a student at the high school and said the incident hap

The newest members of an AdventHealth care team have four legs, floppy ears and a family connection to one of the hospital system’s best-known employees. Six-month-old Pilot and Skye are joining their father, Wilbur — AdventHealth Wesley Chapel’s tongue-in-cheek “chief barking officer” — in providing emotional support

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — A Winter Haven woman was arrested Sunday morning after home surveillance footage captured her attempting to open locked car doors on her own street, police said. Officers responded to a home on Giorgio Drive around 11:22 a.m. on Aug. 23 after a resident reported a...

Florida gets treated as a paddling state, and fair enough. But it also has one of the longest paved rail trails in the Southeast, and it runs straight through six natural communities and a handful of small downtowns. The Withlacoochee State Trail covers 47 miles from Citrus Springs south to Dade City, crossing Citrus,

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - Polk County law enforcement officers are cracking down on drivers who illegally pass stopped school buses equipped with automated safety cameras. All 515 school buses in the county now carry stop-arm safety cameras to catch motorists putting children in danger. On the first day of school this year,

A Lakeland man turned himself in on charges of aggravated stalking involving a teenage girl, according to authorities.