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Turns out, the trash trucks deserve a long weekend, too. Plant City residents get a break from more than the office this Labor Day. With Monday, Sept. 7, marking the holiday, the city’s solid waste crews are taking the day too: no residential trash, recycling, or yard waste pickup Monday, with normal service resuming t

Destinee Loyd (PCSO) POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A traffic stop in Polk County led to...

SAMANTHA CALVENTE (PCSO) POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A 44-year-old Winter Haven woman pleaded guilty in...

DOVER, Fla. (CBS12) — A man and a 14-year-old boy were arrested and accused of being in possession of several firearms and narcotics, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. HCSO says that Leopoldo Escamilla, 31, and a 14-year-old boy were arrested on Wednesday following a search warrant...

Plant City, a well-known plant-based food hall and marketplace, will permanently close its Providence location. The owners of the food hall cited long-term decline in traffic, compounded by the Washington Bridge failure, as key factors behind the closure. The Providence location will serve the community for the last ti

Operation End Of Worlds (PCSO) LAKELAND, Fla. – A massive undercover drug investigation has taken...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Another round of late storms has cleared up this morning, but leaves a few areas with some patchy fog this morning, along with some low clouds here and there. Temperatures are in the upper 70s, and it is a little on the muggy side. A few spotty showers are possible this […]

A Livingston family says it had only minutes to evacuate as floodwaters surged into its home amid widespread flooding and power outages.

Heavy rain continues to cause flooding in Polk County, where nearly 4,000 customers remain without power as residents deal with rising waters.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Law enforcement officials have taken more...