BLUE COLLAR BURGER MOVES TO DOWNTOWN
High-level chef brings good food for a good price. Everybody who has eaten a Blue Collar Burger says it was fantastic/delicious/great, or some other enthusiastic compliment. That is why the food truck location on US 92 west of Branch Forbes Rd. has been serving a steady stream of customers; between 500 and 600 per...
Guns and drugs seized from Valrico home
VALRICO, Fla. (WWSB) - Detectives have seized guns and drugs and arrested a suspect following the execution of a search warrant at a home on Dec. 9. According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, 24-year-old Dimitrius Martinez was taken into custody on charges of unlawful use of a two-way communications...
Support Firefighter John Parris & Family
On December 8, Firefighter Paramedic John Parris was providing medical care to a patient who was being transported with lights and sirens to Winter Haven Hospital when his ambulance was involved in a serious collision at the intersection of Highway 27 and Lucerne Park Road. John suffered severe injuries and has a...
Tampa family finds comfort after man’s sudden death helps save 5 lives through organ...
TAMPA, Fla. - A Tampa family is turning heartbreak into hope after the sudden death of their 39-year-old brother. Joshua Salgado went into cardiac arrest after an issue with his kidneys just days after Thanksgiving. Paramedics were called to Salgado’s home in Plant City on November 30, and he was rushed by ambulance...
Polk County Deputies Arrest Fugitive With Violent Past Wanted for Fleeing to Elude
A 23-year-old fugitive, Jha’Kari Martin-Sugrin, was taken into custody by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday, December 10. Deputies located Martin-Sugrin at a residence in Eagle Lake and arrested him around 11:24 a.m. on a Hillsborough County warrant for fleeing to elude. PCSO detectives responded in force...
Local Women Accused of Using Children to Pass Counterfeit Bills at Lakeland and Mulberry...
In early December 2024, Polk County Sheriff's deputies began investigating reports of counterfeit bills at businesses in a south Lakeland shopping plaza. Deputies identified 32-year-old Jean Armand of Tampa as a suspect. He was later arrested. Armand told deputies he received the counterfeit bills from friends in...
Stray Cat Escapes Shelter, Walks Home in Florida
In Lakeland, Florida, a stray cat named George stunned locals after pulling off a daring escape from an animal shelter, then making a solo journey nearly 5 kilometers (3 miles) back to his neighborhood. SPCA Florida had taken George, a community cat known to roam the Loma Verde apartment complex, for a routine...
Running Out Of Time: Brief Foot Chase Leads To Capture of Wanted Haines City...
HAINES CITY, Fla. – A Wednesday afternoon search for a wanted man in Haines City ended quickly after a suspect tried—and failed—to outrun the law. Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies were scouring the East Hinson Drive area on Wednesday, December 10, looking for 28-year-old Jesse Lee Weldon.
Florida Homeowner Nears Foreclosure As Squatter Lives Rent-Free, ‘It’s Deceitful, It’s Hurtful’
A Florida homeowner trying to sell her Winter Haven house is now facing foreclosure after a squatter moved in and has been living there rent-free. A Florida mother is now facing foreclosure after listing her home for sale and getting duped by a man who’s been living there rent-free.
‘This just shouldn’t be OK’: Father of Polk paramedic injured in ambulance crash speaks...
A first responder and his patient remained in critical condition Wednesday night following a crash between the ambulance and a pickup truck, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.
