The state Fire Marshal's Office is investigating six intentionally set fires in downtown Sebring, near and in the vicinity of Sebring Middle School, located in the southeast quadrant of the city. ...more

November 13, 2008

Police reported that thieves made off with an undisclosed amount of cash from an ATM machine inside the Walgreens store early Friday morning. ...more

September 21, 2008

Polk County Sheriff's Office detectives are investigating the death of a 19-year-old man. The body of Miochael Tramel was found this morning in a grove near Tangerine Street of an apparent gunshot wound or wounds, authorities said. Detectives are not releasing details of his injuries, a sheriff's spokesman said. ...more

September 20, 2008

Polk County sheriff's deputies are looking for a man who they say broke in to a Lakeland house and attacked the homeowner. ...more

September 8, 2008

Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay is offering a reward of $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for breaking in to a Port Richey home and killing an 82-year-old resident. ...more

September 4, 2008

Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay is offering a reward of $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for breaking into a Port Richey home and killing an 82-year-old resident. ...more

September 3, 2008

City police are investigating a drive-by-style shooting that occurred shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday, in the 1300 block of Tulane Avenue. ...more

August 20, 2008

Highlands County Sheriff's detectives urged people use caution answering the door as they continued an investigation Wednesday into a home invasion that occurred Sunday night in the 4500 block of Sturgeon Drive, in Sebring. It was about 11:30 p.m. Sunday when a lone male gunman described as black, short, about 5-feet 4-inches tall, medium build, weighing about 180 pounds, knocked at the victim's door, according to Sheriff's Det. Jamie Davidson. ...more

July 23, 2008

WINTER HAVEN – Polk County sheriff's deputies hope new information will help them find the hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a woman in a wheelchair last week. They tentatively have identified the car as a light blue or silver early to mid-1990s Toyota Corolla or Camry. ...more

June 11, 2008

Investigators have released a video recording of a Dollar General store robbery in which a safe was cleaned out and an employee tied up. ...more

June 3, 2008