Category Archives: Local News
Polk High Schools Get Their Grades From the State
Four Polk County high schools have earned B grades for the first time ever on [...]
Pair of Businesses Destroyed in Winter Haven Blaze
No one was injured, but two Winter Haven businesses were destroyed and Havendale Boulevard closed [...]
Lakeland Man Crashes Car, Dies When ‘Shake ‘n Bake’ Meth Bottle Explodes
A Lakeland man was killed in a car crash Tuesday afternoon as he prepared "shake-and-bake" [...]
Prosecutor States Deputy Was Justified in Using Deadly Force on Winter Haven Man
A Polk County deputy was justified in opening fire on a man accused of throwing [...]
Lake Wales Captain No Longer A Reliable Witness Based on Nondisclosure 1985 Case
Prosecutors will no longer stand behind the testimony of a Lake Wales police captain who [...]
Williams Indicted in Killing of Officer
A grand jury indicted Kyle Daivontae Williams on Wednesday in the fatal shooting of Lakeland [...]
Struggle With Gout Puts Mosaic Employee Behind on Bills
Scott Nutter went to work at Mosaic one day in early July not knowing his [...]
Cold Causes Power Outage in North Lakeland
LAKELAND | About 2,600 Lakeland Electric customers were without power this morning for approximately 30 [...]
Cold Weather Shelters to Open Again Tonight
WINTER HAVEN | The American Red Cross will open a third shelter tonight to help [...]
Freeze Hits Central Florida Counties
In an area once thought to be almost immune from bitter cold — thus towns [...]