Lakeland FL

Access Restaurant Group is preparing to open a new restaurant in Davenport’s Championsgate area. Launching at 1501 Championsgate Blvd W, Paradise Grille at Enclaves will feature a private dining room, off-site catering, and customizable menus. “Nestled in the heart of Championsgate, Florida, Paradise Grille at...

The former head of a small Florida Realtor association is now accused of quietly siphoning more than $81,000 from the group she was hired to lead, a case that has jolted local agents who relied on the organization’s dues-funded budget. Investigators say the alleged theft did not come in a single brazen grab, but in...

TAMPA - The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of an inmate who passed away at the hospital Wednesday. According to HCSO, at around 11:17 a.m., inmate Larue Matthew Dorsey III, 46, was having an apparent medical emergency when deputies responded at the Falkenburg Road Jail. Dorsey was...

Tragedy struck in the final hour of Thanksgiving when a Davenport man was charged with DUI manslaughter after the Florida Highway Patrol said he caused a crash that killed two people on Poinciana Parkway late Thursday. According to an FHP spokesperson, Eddy Edmond, 44 was arrested and booked into the...

Polk County has landed a Chick-fil-A supply and distribution center, a $150 million project expected to create more than 180 jobs. Dubbed Chick-fil-A Supply, the facility is in the Central Florida Integrated Logistics Park in Winter Haven. The 244,000-square-foot distribution facility will be No. 12 for the popular...

A 72-year-old Winter Haven man's life came to a tragic end on Thanksgiving Day following a car crash in South Lake County, per reports from the Florida Highway Patrol. The incident unfolded shortly before 5:30 p.m. when the man, driving a 2015 Jeep Wrangler, veered off the road and struck an electrical box before...

LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — Talbot House Ministries, which serves people who are homeless in Polk County, has submitted new plans to relocate out of downtown Lakeland. Like before, the proposed site is on East Memorial Boulevard. Also, like before, it has drawn criticism from people who live and work nearby. Talbot House...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A 24-year-old Clermont woman found herself in the back of a patrol car early Tuesday morning after a Polk County deputy clocked her driving well into triple digits on Interstate 4. Ysabella Andrea Marchesani was pulled over near Polk City around 1:44 a.m. According to...

A major Thanksgiving tradition in Lakeland continued this year as Volunteers in Service to the Elderly organized a large community effort to deliver holiday meals to older residents.

ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. — The Pasco Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help to identify three masked suspects seen in photos robbing an ATM. Deputies say this happened just before 4 a.m. Wednesday in the area of Eiland Boulevard in Zephyrhills, where the suspects are seen in pictures forcibly stealing cash and...