A final determination of death for an Ocala youth who died at the Avon Park Youth Academy is pending a toxicology report. ...more

February 9, 2009

The stepdaughter of a Winter Haven police officer died Sunday morning and the daughter of a Polk County firefighter was seriously injured when their vehicle hit a power pole and rolled over in Winter Haven. ...more

February 9, 2009

The stepdaughter of a Winter Haven police officer died Sunday morning and the daughter of a Polk County firefighter was seriously injured when their vehicle hit a power pole and rolled over in Winter Haven. ...more

February 8, 2009

A 13-year-old boy is back home unharmed a day after he was last seen riding his bicycle away from school, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said this afternoon. ...more

February 7, 2009

The Avon Park Police Department is investigating two separate business robberies that occurred within the past week. ...more

February 7, 2009

A Pasco County deputy responding a call tonight was involved in a crash with a vehicle that had adults and children in it, Pasco County Sheriff's spokesman Kevin Doll said. ...more

February 6, 2009

The Avon Park Police Department is investigating two separate business robberies that occurred within the past week. ...more

February 6, 2009

A single car crash in Polk County on Thursday night killed two people. Witnesses told authorities they believed the wrecked car was racing another vehicle moments before it lost control and struck a concrete pole. ...more

February 6, 2009

A squad of armed men prepared to invade a Winter Haven drug house, but they instead were greeted by investigators, Polk County detectives say. ...more

February 5, 2009

A squad of armed men prepared to invade a Winter Haven drug house, but they instead were greeted by investigators, Polk County detectives say. ...more

February 5, 2009