TAMPA - A 49-year-old Plant City man died Sunday night after he lost control of his motorcycle while driving toward Tampa on Interstate 4 just east of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

May 26, 2008

SEBRING — A Haines City man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $29,750 bond after he was arrested and charged in three separate burglary cases in the Sebring area. Jason Richard Boone, 30, of 280 Dyson Road, arrested on warrants and charged with two counts of burglary of a structure or conveyance, two counts of criminal mischief, two counts of vehicle theft, one count of burglary of a dwelling and one count of petty theft. On May 21, he was extradited from the Polk County Jail to Highlands County. Detectives say that between the hours of 3 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Oct. 20, Boone entered three Sebring properties, one in the 6000 block of North Carolina Drive and two in the 700 and 800 block of Town and Country Boulevard. ...more

May 23, 2008

A Polk City man has died of injuries from an automobile accident late Thursday night. ...more

May 23, 2008

PLANT CITY - A 69-year-old Dade City man died this afternoon after a station wagon crossed in front of his motorcycle at the intersection of State Road 39 and Knights Griffin Road, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

May 19, 2008

LAKELAND - Divers are trying to remove a body found floating this morning near an alligator in a canal of Saddle Creek Lake, the sheriff's office reported. ...more

May 17, 2008

TAMPA – A Plant City man claimed last Friday's $800,000 Mega Money jackpot, lottery officials announced today. ...more

May 7, 2008

A 39-year-old Plant City man was killed when a sport utility vehicle overturned while trying to exit Interstate 4 last night, authorities said. Billy Wayne Dean died at the scene, according to a news release from the Florida Highway Patrol. Another person, Marlene Harper, 31, was taken to Tampa General Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, the release said. Both lived at 301 North Wilder Road in Plant City, the release said. ...more

February 9, 2008

A hydraulic bar pinned a Plant City man between a hay baler and the baler's gate, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. ...more

February 5, 2008

A Kenneth City man has been sentenced to five years in prison after he was found guilty of hitting a bicyclist with his sport utility vehicle while drunk and driving off after the collision. ...more

January 29, 2008

A Kenneth City man has been sentenced to five years in prison after he was found guilty of hitting a bicyclist with his sport utility vehicle while drunk and driving off after the collision. ...more

January 29, 2008