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OLD SAYBOOK — The Old Saybrook Fire Department honored Henry “Gator” Davis, who died 48 years ago on Monday. Davis, 36, was a member of the volunteer force and suffered a heart attack while answering an early morning call, the department said in a Facebook post. According...

Polk County, FL- Polk County Commissioner Bill Braswell says the county has a “math problem.”. That math problem could get a lot more interesting if Florida voters approve Amendment 3 in November, which would increase the homestead exemption and lower assessment caps for certain homesteaded properties, potentially redu

Lakeland Fire Department crews responded this morning to a fire involving a multi-family residential structure on East Main Street. While crews worked to extinguish the fire, additional firefighters also searched the building, established a water supply, forced access into portions of the structure, secured utilities,

Alexandra Fowler POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A Marathon woman faces felony charges in Polk County...

Dengue fever is spreading in Florida, including more locally-acquired cases, according to the Florida Department of Health. WTSP reports health officials announced the first locally-acquired case of dengue fever in Citrus County on Saturday. Additional locally-acquired cases have also been confirmed in Pinellas and Hil

A wave of high-end townhome communities is rising across the Tampa Bay area as father-and-son developers Daniel and Samuel Ochstein of OX Development push forward on four distinct projects spanning South Tampa, Beach Park, St. Pete Beach and Citrus Park. Coming off the highly successful West Bay townhome development in

Tampa Bay, Florida, residents woke up Tuesday morning to a noctilucent cloud following a SpaceX launch.

TAMPA, Fla. (CBS12) — Florida law enforcement agencies recovered 163 missing children during a four-and-a-half-day statewide operation that reached across the U.S. and into 12 other countries, officials announced Monday. Operation Statewide Shield was Florida’s first statewide child-recovery initiative and the largest

More than 160 children were rescued as a result of “Operation Statewide Shield,” a first-of-its-kind mission to find missing kids across the state. Florida’s attorney general says many of these children were victims of human trafficking and more than a quarter of those rescued were from the Tampa Bay area. FOX 13’s Eva

On July 4, Fort Meade City Commissioner Candice Lott approached a group of residents during the city’s annual festivities at Patterson Park. Lott offered friendly greetings. “And one of the gentlemen said, ‘I'm not talking to you because you signed an NDA,’” she recalled. Lott knew exactly what the man meant. It was no