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LAKE WALES, Fla. – A 23-year-old Lake Wales man, Rashad Mullings, was arrested today in connection with a Tuesday night shooting incident stemming from an argument over online comments. Mullings, who is currently on probation for armed burglary, faces multiple charges including attempted first-degree murder. The...

Another section of the land surrounding Florida Polytechnic University is giving way to a distribution center. Site work has begun on construction of four buildings along Interstate 4 about 1½ miles west of the Florida Poly campus. The developer, McCraney Property Company, plans to create about 1.1 million square...

TAMPA, Fla. - More than 100 Tampa Bay area high school students are spending two days with federal agents at the FBI Field Office in Tampa. Agents instructed them in everything from forensics to sharpening skills on a laser gun range. They also got to climb inside the FBI's Bearcat armored vehicle, which is used by...

TAMPA, Fla. — A 29-year-old man is in custody after opening fire on two apartment staff members and barricading himself inside a vehicle at the Viridian Apartments on Wednesday morning, July 30, 2025. Around 9:59 a.m., the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of an erratic individual at the The...

The Bartow Police Department arrested a driver and passenger in July and charged them with violating a state immigration law that has been blocked by a federal judge, according to a bimonthly report from the Florida Attorney General’s Office. The two previously unreported arrests indicate a back-and-forth between...

In the heart of Haines City, Florida, there’s a bright orange building with round porthole windows that looks like it was beamed straight from 1955, and it’s serving up omelets so good they’ve become the stuff of Central Florida legend. Egg City Diner isn’t just another roadside...

TAMPA, Fla. (CBS12) — A man didn't get very far after he led deputies on a short foot chase after he was caught trying to break into cars at a Wawa gas station. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) says on Tuesday, its deputies responded to a man who was accused of pulling on car door handles at Wawa at...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General James Uthmeier's Office of Statewide Prosecution is charging four members of a crime ring for stealing more than $400,000 worth of truck parts. According to a law enforcement investigation led by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office's Organized Crime Task Force, Geosvany...

Good morning, Tampa Bay. Here's what you need to know today. Today will be hot and humid with high temperatures in the mid to upper 90s. Heat index values will be 108° to 116° in the afternoon. With an onshore breeze, showers and thunderstorms could start earlier around...

Four Cuban nationals have been arrested for running an organized theft ring aimed at stealing the critical computer systems that play a big part in the trucking industry, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Evan Axelbank reports.