I am sure this subject had been addressed before, but I am at a loss as to why our law enforcement officials would give the news media lists of the locations and dates of where they plan to set up traffic checks for driver license, auto insurance and safety defects. As I see it, the law enforcement and the news media are doing a disservice to the law-abiding public who maintain valid driver licenses, auto insurance and keep their autos in a safe operating condition. ...more

December 7, 2007

SEBRING — After searching a county landfill for a nearly a week for the body of an infant that was reportedly thrown in the garbage by a Lake Placid woman, law enforcement officials will "re-evaluate" today whether they will continue searching. Sheriff Susan Benton said late Sunday morning that she, the state attorney and the lead detectives needed to speak to the medical examiner to determine if the search could produce anything further at this point. "We need to make a decision from a logistics standpoint based on the expert's opinions," she said. ...more

December 3, 2007

A distraught man wearing what appeared to be a bomb walked into a Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign office Friday and demanded to speak to the candidate during a hostage drama that dragged on for nearly six hours before he peacefully surrendered. ...more

December 1, 2007

The numbers are striking. Sheriff's deputies and police say they have raided and dismantled 34 marijuana "grow houses" in Polk County through the first 10 months of 2007. In all of 2006, that number was three. ...more

November 25, 2007

Most residents' interaction with the city's police department is limited to being caught on the wrong side of the law or reporting a crime. ...more

November 24, 2007

LAKELAND - The numbers are striking. Deputies and police in Polk County say they have raided and dismantled 34 marijuana "grow houses" in the county through the first 10 months of 2007. In all of 2006, that number was three. ...more

November 19, 2007

Twenty years after her allegations of a racially charged rape became a national flashpoint, Tawana Brawley's mother and stepfather want to reopen the case, a newspaper reported Sunday. ...more

November 19, 2007

William Andrew "Andy" Mueller, a partner in an accounting firm with a client list that includes the Florida Strawberry Festival and city government, died in a Nov. 9 car accident in Alabama. ...more

November 17, 2007