Lakeland FL

Two brothers who were convicted of murdering a 21-year-old in Polk County have both been sentenced to life in prison, the state attorney's office said Tuesday.

A suspicious looking creature was found loitering near a subdivision in Winter Haven over the weekend, police said.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A 28-year-old Lakeland man, already in jail on unrelated charges, has been arrested again—this time for stealing a bicycle from the side of a Dollar General store. Austin Clay Walker now faces new charges of felony petit theft after detectives identified him in a security video.

Emily Lorenzano, 38, of Lakeland, is charged with grand theft between $750 and $5,000 and scheming to defraud, both felonies. TLC PetSnip announced the arrest in a social media post Saturday, calling it an important update about a “difficult chapter in our organization’s history.”. Lorenzano, who denies the...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – An afternoon shopping trip took a wrong turn on Monday for 41-year-old Camelia Lynn Morgan, who the Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested after attempting to leave a local Walmart with a backpack full of unpaid merchandise. The Alabama resident was apprehended after a deputy...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — A 39-year-old Winter Haven man, Demetrius Antonio Walls, was arrested and booked into the Polk County Jail on Tuesday, following an alleged armed disturbance that occurred late Monday morning. According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Walls is accused of participating in a confrontation at...

RUSKIN, Fla. (WWSB) - A national animal rights group is offering a reward for information on a case of animal cruelty that leads to an arrest and conviction. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is offering up to $5,000 for information in a case Sept. 3, in which someone abandoned a dog on the side of a road,...

TAMPA, Fla. - Tampa police say they've arrested the driver who took off after hitting a bicyclist on Dale Mabry Hwy. late last month, leaving the victim seriously injured. In the early morning hours of Aug. 27, the Tampa Police Department said a silver Chevrolet Equinox hit the victim on the northbound side of S....

The Lake Wales Arts Council will host “Sacred Currents: Spirituality in African Art,” an immersive exhibition running from Oct. 1 through Dec. 12. An opening reception will be held Oct. 16 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Lake Wales Arts Center. Curated by cultural historian and collector Daniel W. Jones, “Sacred...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Lakeland Electric is set to become the first utility company in the country to open a liquid nitrogen generation facility. The pilot project aims to help keep power running for all its customers. Through American Independent Power, the facility will use solar heat combined with...