Tampa Bay leaders set to take a cold plunge for the ALS Association’s ‘CEO...
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Every 90 minutes, someone is diagnosed with ALS, and every 90 minutes someone dies from the neuro degenerative disease. That’s why more than a dozen CEOs across Tampa Bay are coming together on Thursday for a cold plunge for 90 seconds during the ALS Association‘s annual CEO Soak. The...
Two dogs rescued from mobile home fire in Dover
DOVER, Fla. - Two dogs were rescued from a mobile home fire in Dover Thursday evening, according to Hillsborough County Fire Rescue. Firefighters said they responded to the fire just before 8 p.m. to a mobile home along Start Road 60 in Dover after receiving multiple 911 calls about a fire. Once they arrived at the...
Thieves used Apple AirTag to track, rob Florida couple, officials say
A night out with friends turned nightmarish for one Florida couple.
Teen On Felony Probation Taken Into Custody For Davenport Clubhouse Burglary
A 19-year-old Davenport man who was already on felony probation was arrested Monday morning after deputies responded to a report of a burglary in progress at a community clubhouse in Palm Key Village. Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) deputies were summoned to the clubhouse on US 27 about 8:23 a.m....
1 injured in Ruskin home invasion: HCSO
RUSKIN, Fla. (WFLA)— One person was injured after a home invasion in Ruskin, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office announced. Deputies responded to a 911 call from a victim of a home invasion at a home on the 400 block of Vine Cliff Street around 12:44 a.m. According to HCSO, reports said one person in the […]
Wish Farms Wraps Successful Pick-A-Berry, Pick-A-Cause Giveaway and Charity Campaign
Wish Farms, a Plant City, Fla.-based international grower and year-round marketer of strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries and pineberries, concluded its annual $10,000 charitable consumer campaign, Pick-A-Berry, Pick-A-Cause. Now in its fourth year, the initiative continues to grow organically,...
Polk County Board of County Commission Agenda Review Oct. 20
Bartow, Fla. (Oct. 15, 2025) — The Board of County Commissioners will have its Agenda Review and Work Session at 1 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, in the Board Conference Room, Room 407 of the Polk County Administration Building, 330 W. Church St., Bartow, FL 33830. The meeting will also be televised on PGTV and the...
‘False fall’ has arrived in the Tampa Bay area. Here’s what that means
TAMPA, Fla. — If you live in the Tampa Bay area, or just so happen to be visiting, you may have noticed the drier weather. The mornings feel more crisp, and the humidity may not be as relentless. You may even catch yourself craving some warm soup and pumpkin spice lattes.
Construction underway for Mosaic’s phosphogypsum road pilot project
A 3,200-foot section of road is under construction on private property near Mulberry and could change the future of the phosphate mining industry.
‘I have to be the voice’: Woman sues Grady Judd, Polk deputies over botched...
TAMPA, Fla. — A woman from Polk County is hoping her story, and a new lawsuit, will prevent what she endured as a child from ever happening again. Taylor Cadle was 12 when she told a sheriff’s office detective she'd been raped for years by her adoptive father. But what happened next added to her trauma.
