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Florida Highway Patrol POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A 34-year-old Polk City man died Wednesday night...

A Lake Wales man has been sentenced to 364 days in the Polk County Jail after a jury found him guilty of starving his dog for months, leaving her with missing fur and a severely underweight body before a concerned bystander's call brought deputies to his door. Maurice Owens, 46, received the maximum possible sentence u

(The Center Square) – A middle school science teacher from the Lee County School District is among those charged in a string of child predator arrests, Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Thursday. Graham Freeman, 56, of Cape Coral was charged with 10 counts of possession of child sexual abuse material and one co

There’s a place in Lakeland, Florida where the sky is your ceiling, the screen is enormous, and somehow nobody’s charging you an arm and a leg for the privilege of watching two full movies back to back. The Silver Moon Drive-In Theatre is the kind of place that...

Months of waiting for answers in a quadruple murder will be coming to an end. Plant City police plan to update the public on the case Thursday.

Two Little Free Libraries were recently installed at the downtown Lakeland and Winter Haven bus terminals. The libraries are the newest piece of Art in Transit, an ongoing partnership between the Polk Arts & Cultural Alliance (PACA) and Citrus Connection that brings arts and cultural programming into the county’s bus s

A MOTHER went on a sickening killing spree after finding her husband’s porn stash and accusing him of cheating on her, police have revealed. Police gave the shocking update on Thursday, months after four family members, including the mom, were found shot to death in the street in a quiet Florida neighborhood in May.

Antwan Javaris Davis (PCSO) LAKELAND, Fla. — A 44-year-old Haines City man with outstanding warrants...

Six Florida counties ranked in the top 10 nationwide for having the highest hurricane vulnerability, with the recently battered Lee County leading the list. The rankings, which are based on FEMA’s National Risk Index, were released Aug. 11 by a national landscaping startup called Lawn Starter co-founded in Austin by a

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