Lakeland FL

CARROLLWOOD — Lake Carroll is one of Hillsborough County’s largest lakes. It’s also one of the most sampled water bodies in the state, thanks to Lakewatch volunteers. The lake-monitoring program has helped manage Florida lakes, estuaries, rivers and springs for 40 years. Program data shows about 80...

Preparation for a resurfacing project on U.S. 98 from north of State Road 60 in Bartow to south of County Road 540A in Lakeland will begin Oct. 13, the Florida Department of Transportation said in a news release. Crews will install construction signs and erosion control devices during daytime hours in preparation for...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA)— Gas prices in Florida have dropped to the lowest daily average price since May, AAA announced. Florida gas prices declined 12 cents last week, with an average of $2.92 per gallon on Sunday. “Florida gas prices slipped to the lower end of the 30-cent range, which it has fluctuated within for the […]

Feeding Tampa Bay has launched a new relief program to assist federal employees in the Tampa Bay area affected by the ongoing government shutdown.

Metro Diner has opened its first Palm Harbor location, at 35000 U.S. Highway 19 N., in The Fountains shopping center. The 3,490-square-foot restaurant seats 112 guests and marks the company’s sixth location in the Tampa Bay Area. The Florida-based brand, best known for its fried chicken and waffles and...

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — A Tampa woman was arrested after police discovered cocaine and other various drugs in her vehicle after a traffic stop, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. HCSO says that on Saturday, Oct. 11, officers conducted a traffic stop on the woman, Shena Clark, 36,...

BARTOW, Fla. (WFLA) — Polk County Fire Rescue said their battalion chief was involved in a crash that sent five people to the hospital on Sunday. The chief was responding to an emergency call with lights and sirens activated when the crash happened at the intersection of County Road 640 and Mimosa Avenue in Bartow. […]

LAKELAND, Fla. – A patrol in the Skyview area of Lakeland on Saturday morning led to the arrest of a man riding a recognizable stolen bicycle, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. At approximately 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 11th, Deputy Wade was patrolling when he spotted...

Deputies peacefully resolved a barricaded suspect standoff in Central Florida after the man stabbed his girlfriend and barricaded himself armed with a firearm. Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office’s Communication Center recently received a call for service from a neighbor who heard screaming outside of a home on Cape...

A 16-year-old student at Riverview High School was arrested after deputies found a kitchen knife in his backpack during school hours on Friday last week. According to CBS12, the discovery followed a reported altercation involving several students. School administrators alerted deputies after learning that a student...