INDIAN LAKES ESTATES - Firefighters are battling a pair of brush in eastern Polk County. A 3-acre brush fire is burning near Toronja Dr. and Valencia Dr. in Indian Lake Estates South, east of Lake Wales, said spokeswoman Kristin Guira. A lightning strike to a tree is thought to have caused the fire. ...more

May 24, 2008

TAMPA - Forestry crews are continuing the difficult job of extinguishing smoking hot spots from a fire in Polk County that still could force the closing of Interstate 4. ...more

January 16, 2008

Expect closed traffic lanes on Interstate 4 until firefighters can extinguish smoldering hot spots that send smoke over the road every time wind blows from the north. ...more

January 16, 2008

TAMPA - Interstate 4 motorists could continue to encounter closed lanes until firefighters can extinguish smoldering hot spots that send smoke over the road every time wind blows from the north. ...more

January 15, 2008

A car bomb left at least 14 people dead in the capital Friday, and U.S. troops chasing extremists in one of their last remaining bastions in central Iraq said they killed five al-Qaida gunmen. ...more

December 29, 2007

Sebring firefighters received an important tool recently that will save lives. It's time for every fire department in Highlands County to get one of these, and the sooner the better. Thermal-imaging cameras allow firefighters to immediately scan through walls and smoke-filled rooms to find trapped victims and hot spots that could re-ignite a fire. It's one of the single best technological gadgets produced in recent years that saves lives. ...more

December 16, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG – Fire investigators are returning to the scene of a three-alarm blaze that ripped through a plumbing supply company Tuesday night, St. Petersburg Fire Rescue spokesman Rick Feinberg said. ...more

November 28, 2007

The Seminole Tribe could add card games such as blackjack and baccarat, but not more exotic table games, to the state's gambling menu under a proposal being discussed by the governor's office and the tribe. ...more

September 8, 2007