LAKELAND – Polk County sheriff's deputies busted two marijuana grow houses in north Lakeland Thursday, made three arrests and took more than 600 plants off the street, authorities said. The sheriff's office received information Thursday about the two suspected drug houses, a sheriff's release said. Undercover Polk County detectives and members of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force went to 1425 Hammock Shade Drive off Old Polk City Road and 8423 Tocoi Path off Kathleen Road to check out the tip. ...more

October 12, 2007

A Saturday morning home invasion at a marijuana 'grow house' left a woman wounded and facing charges, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. ...more

September 30, 2007

LAKELAND - A Saturday morning home invasion at a marijuana "grow house" left a woman wounded and facing charges, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. ...more

September 29, 2007

The Florida Institute for Community Studies left empty-handed from the Hillsborough County budget hearing, despite pleas for funding. ...more

September 26, 2007

Just when the divorce between inactive Devil Rays outfielder Elijah Dukes and his wife seemed to be nearing a simple end, confusion and accusations broke out again Thursday. ...more

September 21, 2007