The present is pretty outstanding for the Plant City High girls golf team, but the future bodes extremely well. ...more

October 1, 2008

AUBURNDALE - Dozens of small breed dogs, mostly Yorkshire terriers, Chihuahuas and dachshunds, were seized from a breeder here today. ...more

September 2, 2008

Polk County deputies responding to a home invasion say they found more than they expected. ...more

September 1, 2008

Polk County sheriff's deputies arrested a Lakeland man early Saturday in the hit-and-run death of a 14-year-old boy. ...more

August 31, 2008

MULBERRY - Polk County sheriff's deputies arrested a Lakeland man early today in the hit-and-run death of a 14-year-old boy. ...more

August 30, 2008

I notice Republicans blame all ills on Democrats, and Democrats blame Republicans. No one is 100 percent right all of the time or wrong 100 percent of the time; but really, let's put blame where it belongs. Like the gas shortages, did we the American people do anything to conserve? No! We still have to drive our gas guzzlers and heaven forbid we cut our speed. At stop lights we floor board these monsters and reach that 60 miles per hour in three seconds. Heaven forbid we go to a smaller vehicle; we did! We bought a Toyota, used for economy. ...more

August 13, 2008

The westbound lanes of Interstate 4 near County Road 557 in Polk County are closed after a police pursuit ended in a car crash. ...more

August 12, 2008

An elderly couple from a rural Southern province in China visit the big city of Beijing for the first time. There, in the Imperial Gardens, they see something they have only heard about: Westerners. ...more

August 2, 2008

Savon Williams practiced his speech at The Church of Heaven's Harvest. His father, Ray, the church's pastor, worked with Savon to make sure he had the words just right for an anticipated audience of nearly 3,000 educators. ...more

July 23, 2008

DAVENPORT - A pedestrian killed in a Polk County hit-and-run crash Wednesday has been identified, Polk County authorities said. ...more

July 3, 2008