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TAMPA, Fla. (CBS12) — Florida law enforcement agencies recovered 163 missing children during a four-and-a-half-day statewide operation that reached across the U.S. and into 12 other countries, officials announced Monday. Operation Statewide Shield was Florida’s first statewide child-recovery initiative and the largest

More than 160 children were rescued as a result of “Operation Statewide Shield,” a first-of-its-kind mission to find missing kids across the state. Florida’s attorney general says many of these children were victims of human trafficking and more than a quarter of those rescued were from the Tampa Bay area. FOX 13’s Eva

On July 4, Fort Meade City Commissioner Candice Lott approached a group of residents during the city’s annual festivities at Patterson Park. Lott offered friendly greetings. “And one of the gentlemen said, ‘I'm not talking to you because you signed an NDA,’” she recalled. Lott knew exactly what the man meant. It was no

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A 30-year-old Lakeland woman is behind bars after attempting to evade a deputy on Monday, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities arrested Alexus Nicole Dupree on August 24, 2026, along Nokonis Avenue in Lakeland. According to the sheriff’s office reports, a deputy...

Plant City residents confronted officials during a city commission meeting over the expanding use of Flock Safety license plate readers. Plant City police say Flock cameras have contributed to 101 positive outcomes so far this year, including 11 arrests and three recovered stolen vehicles. Community members raised conc

Polk County has three new restaurant concepts in development, including an Italian cafe and retail market and cafe, a revived Cajun restaurant and a waterfront Indian fusion destination. Here’s what’s currently planned. Fresh Pasta Etc — Lake Wales. Address: 1 N Scenic Hwy Ste 101 & 103,...

Making immediate judgments on food when you come into a meal with pangs of hunger can be dangerous. Almost anything tastes great when you’re that in need of calories. Moments after my first taste of the Tower 10 Tacos truck, it was with that in mind that I turned to my friend and said, “I’m trying not to be prisoner of

RUSKIN, Fla. (WFLA) — A teenager is in critical condition after being stabbed across the street from Lennard High School Monday afternoon, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said. A spokesperson for Hillsborough County Public Schools confirmed that the boy is a student at the high school and said the incident hap

The newest members of an AdventHealth care team have four legs, floppy ears and a family connection to one of the hospital system’s best-known employees. Six-month-old Pilot and Skye are joining their father, Wilbur — AdventHealth Wesley Chapel’s tongue-in-cheek “chief barking officer” — in providing emotional support

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — A Winter Haven woman was arrested Sunday morning after home surveillance footage captured her attempting to open locked car doors on her own street, police said. Officers responded to a home on Giorgio Drive around 11:22 a.m. on Aug. 23 after a resident reported a...