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WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. – A 13-year-old student at Cypress Creek Middle School was arrested Friday after making written threats to kill, according to the Pasco Sheriff’s Office (PSO). The Sheriff’s Office confirmed the arrest but stressed that there is currently no public safety threat to Cypress Creek Middle...

TOWN ‘N’ COUNTRY, Fla. (WFLA) — The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said it arrested a man on suspicion of drug trafficking during a traffic stop in Town ‘N’ Country on Thursday. Deputies conducted the traffic stop after reporting that the vehicle was swerving. The driver, Jeraile Sanders, 39, had a suspended...

LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — Polk County Fire Rescue responded to a large silo fire in an industrial area of Lakeland Thursday afternoon. Officials said it was at a business near the intersection of Lasso Lane and Maine Avenue that sells mulch products. The area is also home to a few concrete mixing and recycling plants […]

Good morning, Tampa Bay. Here's what you need to know today. We will see clear skies on Friday with highs near 80. Expect winds out of the northeast to north at 10 mph. Humidity stays low and skies will be mainly clear into tonight. Some patchy fog will be possible...

TAMPA, Fla. — The federal government may have reopened after a record shutdown, but the ripple effects are still hitting thousands of Tampa Bay-area families who rely on SNAP benefits. At a Hillsborough County food giveaway Thursday morning, the need was unmistakable. Lines formed before sunrise at the Lee...

Barnes & Noble is opening a new store in Lakeland next week, the second local shop to open in the region in a month and a week following the 50th its opened this year. The bookseller’s new 13,000-square-foot Lakeland location is in a former Party City space in the Merchants Walk shopping center at 3615 S Florida Ave.

Publix at Lake Miriam Square reopened Thursday, Nov. 13, after a 16-month facelift. There are 884 Publix stores in Florida, but Hannah Herring, media relations manager for Publix Super Markets, said this one is significant in the grocer’s history. The Lake Miriam location originally opened as a Food World in 1977 —...

Every crime scene raises unsettling questions. In a preview for a new episode of Oxygen’s Killer Grannies, airing Sunday, Nov. 16, at 8/7c p.m., police faced a disturbing puzzle in 2012 in Lake Alfred, Florida. For starters, why did 67-year-old Barbara Scott bury her 77-year-old husband Benny Scott in...

On November 11, 2024, a Polk County Sheriff's deputy responded to a reported theft at the Mulberry Walmart. Store security observed 58-year-old Homero Saenz of Valrico concealing merchandise and attempting to leave without paying. When approached by security and law enforcement, Saenz did not comply and resisted...

Some recent proactive police work on the part of the Lake Wales Police Department resulted in the arrest of two individuals on a myriad of charges and warrants. On November 2, 2025 at around 11am, a Lake Wales police officer was patrolling the Lake Wales Housing Authority on Sessoms Ave. W when they “observed a blue...