Dotti Bryant counts the Sun City Center Emergency Squad as one of her blessings every Thanksgiving. Bryant said volunteers with the SCC Emergency Squad made 18 trips to her home when her husband, Robert, was ill. ...more

November 25, 2009

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October 23, 2009

A 28-year-old man was robbed and pistol-whipped by three supposed friends Tuesday at Helen Howarth Park, police said. ...more

May 6, 2009

Your tax dollars at work! Today a woman came down my street and told me she was with the U.S. Census. She was "mapping out" all the houses on our street. ...more

April 25, 2009

A 20-acre brush fire in Polk County has damaged the siding on a home and burned one storage unit, a tractor-trailer and a boat, according to Polk County officials. The fire is in north Polk County, near 4700 Deen Still Road, said county public safety spokeswoman Heather Smith. ...more

February 13, 2009

Firefighters with three agencies are trying to contain a brush fire that has burned 40 acres near State Road 640 in Polk County, southwest of Bartow. ...more

February 5, 2009

Expanded Prep Summaries ...more

December 1, 2008

Five people were injured in a collision between a Polk County Transit Services bus and a van in Lake Alfred. Four of the injured were passengers on the bus. The other injured person was the driver of the van. All have been taken to a hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening, said Heather Smith, spokeswoman for the Polk County Public Safety department. ...more

December 1, 2008

Nearly 30 people at a Mulberry phosphate processing and mining facility were treated this morning after being exposed to a sulfur dioxide gas leak, Polk County Public Safety spokeswoman Heather Smith said. ...more

October 17, 2008

A woman was killed Friday afternoon when her car pulled onto U.S. 27, in the path of another automobile. ...more

October 11, 2008