A man wanted on an unrelated warrant in Arkansas has been identified as a suspect in a March 11 bank robbery in Winter Haven, police said. ...more

March 25, 2009

An alert was issued Monday for the person or persons who allegedly pulled a gun on a Highlands Home man. ...more

March 25, 2009

One person has been airlifted to Tampa General Hospital following a three-car crash in Winter Haven. ...more

March 20, 2009

Yet another brush fire is threatening a Polk County neighborhood. ...more

March 20, 2009

It's a practiced art among most middle school boys: The passing of gas and blaming it on someone sitting next to you. ...more

March 19, 2009

The Florida Department of Children and Families never received a call from a neighbor reporting child abuse by a man now charged with killing a toddler in his care, an agency spokeswoman said this morning. ...more

March 16, 2009

It seems like every newfangled technology designed to make our lives easier and more enjoyable drifts into the risque world of sex. ...more

March 16, 2009

Lakeland native Spencer Duhm lasted five weeks on "Survivor: Tocantins - The Brazilian Highlands" but the youngest player in the series' history was voted out when his tribe turned on him. ...more

March 13, 2009

It seems like every newfangled technology designed to make our lives easier and more enjoyable, drifts into the risqué world of sex. ...more

March 12, 2009

Two girls charged in the videotaped beating of a Polk County teen were sentenced to probation this morning. April Cooper was 14 and Kayla Hassell was 15 when they participated in the March 30, 2008, attack on Victoria Lindsay and recorded the beating on video. ...more

March 11, 2009