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A Central Florida man who was a law enforcement officer was arrested for poisoning his girlfriend's dog. The post Central Florida Man Arrested for Poisoning Girlfriend’s Dog appeared first on West Orlando News .

Storms rolling through the Gulf on last evening prompted a Special Marine Warning that stretched from Englewood to Tarpon Springs and pulled Tampa Bay into the danger zone, as the National Weather Service urged anyone on the water to head for shelter. The advisory targeted offshore waters 20 to 60 nautical miles out,...

FLORIDA — The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a homicide after a man died early Sunday morning in Seffner. Deputies said they responded just before 12:30 a.m. to reports of a fight in the area of Black Dairy Road. When deputies arrived, they found a man suffering from upper body trauma. He was...

Safety first. And speeders beware. Friday, February 27, 2026, marked the inception of citations to be issued to drivers violating the Hillcrest Elementary School speed zone on Hwy. 60 in Lake Wales. As the 30 day warning period ended Thursday, violators can now be fined $100 for each violation at this location.

A 79-year-old woman, identified as Geneva Lane, is dead after a Friday afternoon crash at State Road 540 and Camellia Drive in Winter Haven, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators say Lane pulled into the path of an oncoming Mercedes sedan while trying to make a turn,...

Hillsborough County’s property appraiser launched a new online calculator Thursday to show how proposed property tax changes could affect homesteaded homeowners. One example in the tool shows a home with a taxable value of $281,268 could drop from an estimated $5,750 tax bill to about $1,950 under proposals like HJR...

One person is dead and another is injured after two vehicles collided Friday afternoon in Winter Haven.

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Florida – A humid haze hangs over Tampa this morning as temperatures sit at 63 degrees and patchy fog limits visibility to around a mile in spots. Headlights glow along I-275 and the Selmon Expressway where...

You can’t walk, run or bike it just yet, but ambitious plans to link Tampa Bay with Naples are well on their way to being realized. The 420-mile Florida Gulf Coast Trail will be one of the longest continuous trails in Florida, linking seven counties and 52 rural, urban and suburban communities, including Hillsborough...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The line of storms that pushed through the region from Sarasota and Manatee counties north to the Tampa Bay area, brought brief heavy rain, reduced visibility and wind gusts up to 40 mph before clearing ahead of a slightly cooler Saturday with a warmer Sunday. What...