Sebring resident Nicole Pounds, 34, remained in critical condition Monday night following a two-vehicle accident Sunday that claimed the life of her 6-month-old child. ...more

January 7, 2009 |

Sebring resident Nicole Pounds, 34, remained in critical condition Monday night following a two-vehicle accident Sunday that claimed the life of her 6-month-old child. Pounds is in intensive care at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Three other passengers – Harriet McClennon, 53, Isaiah Wiggins, 7, and Passion McClennon, 10 months, all of Sebring – were treated at various other hospitals and released. ...more

January 6, 2009 |

A 6-month-old Sebring baby was killed and four others, also from Sebring, were seriously injured after a two-vehicle accident Sunday evening in Polk County. ...more

January 6, 2009 |

A 34-year-old mother remains in critical condition tonight at a Lakeland hospital, a day after her 6-month-old daughter was killed when their car was hit by a truck that ran a red light on U.S. 27 in Polk County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

January 5, 2009 |

A 6-month-old child was killed and two children and two adults were hurt Sunday afternoon when their car was hit by a vehicle that ran a red light on U.S. 27 in Lake Wales, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

January 5, 2009 |

Seven Polk County detention deputies were injured Saturday morning after a work van used to shuttle them between jails flipped on U.S. 17, the sheriff's office said. ...more

January 4, 2009 |

Seven Polk County detention deputies were injured this morning after a work van flipped on U.S. 17, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

January 3, 2009 |

Winter Haven police are looking for anyone who saw a pedestrian fatally struck crossing First Street South near Avenue A Southwest on New Year's Eve. ...more

January 2, 2009 |

Highlands County has not one, not two, but three babies for New Year's Day. The first to arrive was Layla Marie Vargas, who arrived at 12:12 a.m. at Highlands Regional Medical Center. ...more

January 2, 2009 |

A 23-year-old man died of a gunshot wound to the head in a vehicle outside a Bartow liquor store Wednesday night, police said. Jernard West was shot outside the XYZ Liquor store, 295 U.S. 17 S., police said. He later died at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. ...more

January 1, 2009 |