Lakeland FL

State Road 60 between Bartow and Lake Wales has reopened to all traffic ahead of schedule, the Florida Department of Transportation reported. Crews closed the road in both directions on July 25 to allow a replacement of the CSX railroad tracks that cross the road about three miles west of U.S. 27. The work was original

EAGLE LAKE, Fla. - Deputies arrested a suspect after finding a woman dead in an Eagle Lake subdivision on July 21, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies found a woman dead on Wilder Way, a new street off Bomber Road in the Ranches at Lake McLeod neighborhood, on July 21.

DELAND, Fla. (WFLA)— A Lakeland man was arrested in DeLand after showing up at the home of a minor he met on Snapchat and shooting the ground when she wouldn’t let him inside. Joseph Woodward, 27, showed up at the 16-year-old’s home uninvited twice last week. When she was sleeping on Friday, she woke up […]

Three areas in the region — in Polk, Charlotte and Lee counties — are among some of the hardest hit areas nationally in high foreclosure rates. Lakeland-Winter Haven, Punta Gorda and Cape Coral all ranked among the country's 10 highest foreclosure-rate metro areas during the first half of 2026, according to a new natio

Jail (Unsplash) A 32-year-old Bradley man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison followed...

A woman in a red dress walked onto a Lakeland porch, scooped up two Amazon packages, and left as a dark gray four-door vehicle made a three-point turn nearby. Now Lakeland police are asking residents who recognize the woman—or the car—to help identify whoever was involved. The theft...

The Florida data center freeze is picking up steam across the Tampa Bay region, where five local governments have enacted one-year moratoriums on new construction. Manatee County is set to join that list, which includes Lakeland and Pasco and Sarasota counties. County commissioners voted last week for a pause on...

Jerry Lynn Seymour LAKELAND, Fla. — A 63-year-old Lakeland man was arrested Sunday afternoon after...

LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA)— Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is speaking on the arrest of a pastor in Winter Haven. Timothy Chaneyfield, 42, who is a pastor at St. James United American Free Will Baptist Church in Winter Haven, was arrested. Chaneyfield also told detectives he is a chaplain for Compassionate Care Hospice of L

A crash in Lakeland has closed the westbound lanes of Interstate 4, according to the Florida Department of Transportation.