Lakeland FL

TAMPA, Fla. – Residents across the Tampa Bay area might want to keep the light jackets handy for the morning commute but have the sunglasses ready for the drive home. A pattern of foggy starts and sunny, warm finishes is settling in for the rest of the week, driving temperatures well above seasonal averages before a...

A tragic event unfolded at Haines City High School this past Sunday evening when a 32-year-old man from Brooklyn, New York, suffered severe burns leading to his death the following day. According to a report from the Polk County Sheriff's Office, the man, whose identity has not been disclosed, was...

Lakeland opened 2026 with a milestone moment as Sara Roberts McCarley took the oath of office to become Lakeland’s first elected female mayor. She was sworn in on Monday alongside returning commissioners Stephanie Madden and Mike Musick and newly elected commissioners Ashley Troutman and Terry Coney. The ceremony —...

A man was arrested after Polk County deputies said he broke into a home south of Mulberry to use a microwave because he "was hungry."

LAKELAND, Fla. — A traffic stop late Tuesday night in Lakeland turned into a trip to jail for a Rockledge man after deputies discovered an active warrant for his arrest out of a neighboring county. Around 9:55 p.m. on January 6, a deputy with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office...

Florida ranked as the No. 2 growth state in the country last year, according to new data from U-Haul, which analyzed one-way moving transactions. Local moving companies in the Tampa Bay area say business surged at the end of 2025 as more families relocated to the Sunshine State. Realtors say...

In January 2006, a resident of Ruskin, Florida, which is just south of Tampa, found partial human skeletal remains belonging to an unidentified individual in their yard. The remains were brought into the person's yard by their dog. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office responded and began collecting evidence and...

Tampa Bay 28’s Adam Walser opens his report with a situation that sounds impossible until you hear the legal fine print: a widow won a jury verdict worth more than a million dollars, and still might wait years to actually see the money.

The City of Lakeland will equip some vehicles with sensors to automatically monitor road conditions.

TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay's public radio and television stations are looking at how they'll move forward without the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. After Congress voted to defund its operations over the summer, the 58-year-old organization's board voted to dissolve the CPB this week. "We absolutely feel the fact...