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CARE and the Street Cat Project of Polk County are teaming up on policy advocacy and hands-on TNVR care to help free-roaming cats across the county. The post CARE and Street Cat Project Team Up to Strengthen Polk County’s Animal Welfare Network first appeared on The Citrus Tea News and was written by Eve Salimbene . T

This opening came as Lakeland is experiencing a shortage of homes for middle-income earners who make around $75,000 a year, according to Realtor.com. In 2024, the FLHealthCharts showed only 5.1% of vacant housing units available for rent in Polk County, below the statewide rental vacancy rate of 7.6%. Rents at...

Police Lights (File) LAKE WALES, Fla. — Two people were killed early Thursday morning in...

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LAKE WALES, Fla. (WFLA)— Two people are dead after a crash on State Road 60 in the Lake Wales area, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies are investigating the fatal crash that happened around 4:22 a.m. on State Road 60 and Acuff Road, west of Lake Wales. Westbound lanes of State Road 60 are […]

I once walked into a discount grocery for a single can of tomatoes and walked out wondering how the trunk would ever close. Florida is full of plain little stores selling dented cans, overstock produce, and closeout freezer meat at prices that make a regular supermarket receipt look silly. The...

HENDRY COUNTY, Fla. — A Winter Haven man has been arrested more than two months after investigators say he fled a fatal hit-and-run crash in Hendry County and later posted the pickup truck involved for sale on Facebook Marketplace. On June 28, Florida Highway Patrol troopers said Christian Joel...

Crossroads Automotive Group acquired Bartow Ford in Bartow, Florida, from Benny Robles Jr. and partners Rob Kendrick, Mike Bedenbaugh Jr., Ian Whiteside and Carlos Sandoval on September 3. The acquisition gives the Wake Forest, North Carolina-based group its first Florida store and 15th Ford dealership; it also owns 17

Winter Haven police rescued a baby raccoon that fell from a burning tree on Tuesday.

The Polk County Sheriff is blasting the decision by the governor to pull Flock cameras, which read license plates, from state roads. Sheriff Grady Judd says the effort to find a video voyeur suspect would've had a better chance at success if deputies had been able to track his car. FOX 13's Evan Axelbank reports.