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HAINES CITY, Fla.—Four individuals were arrested Wednesday evening following an armed robbery and a subsequent police chase in Haines City. Haines City Police responded to the area of Temple Court and Temple Circle after an armed robbery was reported. The victim told officers he was in town for a marijuana The post...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – A multi-agency search concluded with an “outstanding outcome” early Thursday morning after a 67-year-old woman with early-onset dementia, who went missing from her home on Wednesday night, was located safe and sound. The incident began around 9:40 p.m. Wednesday when the woman, a...

LAKELAND, Fla. – A 29-year-old Lakeland man was arrested early Thursday morning for domestic violence, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Artavis Pierce was taken into custody after deputies responded to a domestic disturbance call at a home he shares with the victim. Deputies were dispatched just...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) deputies successfully apprehended a wanted fugitive from Osceola County in the early morning hours on Thursday. Jonathan Elias Almendarez, 32, who was sought on charges, was located and arrested without incident at a residence on Poyner Oaks Road, north of Polk...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A large plume of dark smoke was spotted east of Tampa on Thursday. A 3-alarm scrap fire is burning at Liberty Recycle, located at 5207 St. Paul Street, according to Hillsborough County Fire Rescue. The scrap yard is near US-41 and Causeway Boulevard. The fire started at around 9:30 a.m. A […]

Florida's head of Emergency Management unveiled a new facility in the center of the state that will be filled with personnel, supplies and equipment for use after a storm.

Oakbridge Centre, the retail center on the northeast corner of Harden Boulevard and North Parkway Frontage Road in Lakeland, will soon be home to a new Buffalo Wild Wings Go. A fast-casual sister concept to the popular sports bar chain Buffalo Wild Wings, the brand serves up a menu of the same favorites available at...

BARTOW, Fla. — Polk County Public Schools is joining the list of districts in the Tampa Bay area requesting a tax referendum. The district’s board unanimously approved tentative ballot language at their meeting last Tuesday that would levy an additional $1 million in ad valorem property taxes for four years,...

Two people have been charged with a violent murder that the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said happened in a Riverview home over the weekend.

A Lakeland man was arrested on Tuesday evening after residents reported he was discharging a firearm on a neighborhood street. Polk County Sheriff's Office deputies arrived at the east Lakeland area promptly after calls came in at 6:54 pm, describing a man shooting into the air along Jungle Street before retreating...