Lakeland FL

Black & Brew Coffee House & Bistro opened its fourth location at Lakeland Regional Health on Jan. 2. Cafe hours are 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Sunday, at 1324 Lakeland Hills Blvd. in the Carol Jenkins Barnett Pavilion for Women and Children. “We’ve envisioned this place that is...

A Sunday evening drive turned deadly on West Pipkin Road after a vehicle traveling in the wrong direction caused a severe head-on collision, leaving one driver dead and another critically injured. The crash happened just after 7:30 p.m. in the 4100 block of West Pipkin Road. According to the Lakeland...

BARTOW, Fla. (WFLA)—The Bartow Fire Department battled a massive fire at Sonny’s BBQ on Wednesday morning. Crews responded to 595 North Broadway Avenue regarding a fire at the restaurant. No other details were immediately available.

A driver of a stolen vehicle died Monday evening following a traffic crash in Palmetto. At 8:00 p.m., deputies received an alert from Hillsborough County regarding a stolen vehicle traveling southbound in the 7300 block of U.S. 41 near Palmetto. Deputies located the stolen Honda Accord in the 4900 block of U.S. 41....

BRANDON, Fla. — Florida is now among more than 30 states reporting very high flu activity, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — and Tampa Bay doctors say they are seeing it firsthand in emergency rooms. At HCA Florida Brandon Hospital, Emergency Physician and Residency...

TAMPA, Fla. - Once again, TECO customers are seeing higher electric bills after a new base rate increase. This marks the fourth time TECO bills have gone up over the last 13 months. What we know:. For a typical TECO customer — using 1,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity — this latest...

DAVENPORT, Fla. – A trip to the Posner Park shopping complex ended in handcuffs for a local teenager on Monday, January 5, after deputies located a stolen vehicle sitting in the Target parking lot. Law enforcement identified the car, a 2013 Toyota Corolla, which had been reported stolen out...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A Polk County mother recently confronted one of a parent’s worst nightmares: a sexually explicit video of her teenage son and a 43-year-old woman. She discovered the video on her son’s phone in December and immediately recognized the woman as Marie Ibarra, a friend of the family....

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – A 55-year-old Lakeland man was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries Tuesday afternoon following a motorcycle crash on Interstate 4. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the incident occurred at 12:55 p.m. in the westbound lanes, just west of Branch Forbes Road. Troopers report...

LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) – Speeding near schools in Lakeland could soon land drivers a $100 citation. Crews were out Tuesday activating school zone speed cameras near the entrances to several schools. Lakeland’s ‘Vision Zero Program’ is aimed at making roads in the city safer. The latest piece of the initiative is new...