Lakeland FL

LAKELAND, Fla. – A traffic stop in Lakeland early Monday morning led to the arrest of a man whose driver’s license had been suspended for over two decades. Terrell Franklin, 38, of Lakeland, was pulled over by Deputy Thompson of the Polk County Sheriff’s Office at approximately 2:42 a.m. at the intersection of Wabash...

A Tampa Bay student-led non-profit called created a n ational missing and trafficked foster children awareness week to highlight the 20,000 foster children missing each year. The awareness week will start on Sept. 21 and continue through Sept. 27. During the week there will be multiple ways to take part...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — A man wanted for raping someone under 16 will receive “an all-expenses-paid trip” back to Pennsylvania to face charges, a Florida sheriff announced. Scotty Lee Benton, 52, of Falls Creek, Pa., was charged more than three years ago with rape threat of forcible compulsion, statutory...

Operation Capital City Crack Down arrested 32 suspects for illegal drug trafficking in Central Florida. Detectives from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Tactical Drug Unit, Organized Crime Unit, and the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force worked together in a year-long investigation focusing on a...

A man in the United States illegally was recently arrested for staying in a Central Florida residence illegally. The Mexican national was arrested by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office after he was found living in a home in Eloise without permission, and he had even reconnected electrical service to the home illegally.

A teen was arrested after video showed a laser being pointed at a sheriff's office helicopter in Florida. Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office officials said the chopper was flying over Tampa on Sunday when they started experiencing last strikes from an apartment building. Footage from the helicopter released on...

A 12-time convicted felon was arrested in Central Florida for possessing multiple firearms. Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office deputies received information that 44-year-old Christopher Newman, a convicted felon, was attempting to sell firearms in Tampa. Deputies conducted surveillance on Newman’s residence,...

The Central Florida Expressway Authority held three public hearings this week to update the local Poinciana community and hear public comment about the Southport Connector Expressway project proposed. About 300 people attended two in-person meetings at Liberty High School and the Anthony DePalma Event Center. A...

LAKELAND, Fla. – The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Lakeland man Friday evening after he was caught driving at a dangerously high speed on the Polk Parkway. Robert Michael Vaughan, 37, was taken into custody after a deputy clocked his vehicle at 113 mph in a 65 mph zone.

You haven’t truly experienced Florida’s culinary landscape until you’ve found yourself at a corner table at Texas Cattle Company in Lakeland, where the aroma of oak and citrus wood smoke mingles with the sizzle of perfectly aged beef. While the steaks rightfully command attention, it’s the unassuming...