HAINES CITY - An autopsy will be performed Saturday on a 2-year-old found floating in a pond near his home, but investigators believe the death to be an accidental drowning. ...more

December 28, 2007

POLK CITY - A 46-year-old woman was found dead in her bedroom after what appears to have been an accidental fire at her trailer late Thursday night, the Polk County Sheriff's Office reported. ...more

December 28, 2007

Polk County detectives are searching for a man dressed as a woman who approached a boy on a bicycle this afternoon in the Eagle Lake area and offered to perform a lewd act on the child. ...more

December 28, 2007

Tampa Prep's girls soccer team has heard talk that it is a small team in a small class - 2A. The team has heard the talk that its schedule doesn't stand up against some of the teams in 5A or 6A. Two matches into the Sarasota Holiday Classic, Tampa Prep remains undefeated at 15-0, with two tough opponents behind it and maybe some talk put to bed. ...more

December 22, 2007

BARTOW - A Polk County principal was arrested today after deputies found pictures of a childlike naked woman with the head of a girl superimposed on the image, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said. ...more

December 21, 2007

Rumors about a shooting have persuaded Polk County school officials to close George Jenkins High School today, Polk County sheriff's spokeswoman Carrie Rodgers said Tuesday. ...more

December 19, 2007

LAKELAND - Rumors about a shooting have persuaded Polk County school officials to close George Jenkins High School on Wednesday, Polk County Sheriff's spokeswoman Carrie Rodgers said today. Additional security was provided today but no incidents were reported. ...more

December 18, 2007

A Fort Lauderdale man met a 14-year-old Polk County girl on MySpace.com and had sex with her several times, stretching back to last summer, Polk County deputies say. ...more

December 3, 2007

POLK COUNTY - A Fort Lauderdale man met a 14-year-old Polk County girl on MySpace.com and sexually battered her several times since last summer, Polk County deputies say. ...more

December 2, 2007

When 22-year-old Solymarie Roman was found slain, her body burned, in a northeast Polk County orange grove, suspicion quickly focused on her boyfriend, Mourad Balzourt. ...more

November 30, 2007