Polk County deputies arrested a fifth person Saturday in connection with a shooting that left a 12-year-old bystander wounded in the leg. ...more

January 4, 2009

An investigation into the shooting of a 12-year-old Winter Haven boy has yielded four arrests. The boy was shot in the leg Monday afternoon as he and a friend unintentionally walked near two groups of people that were arguing, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. Caleb Brown was taken to Lakeland Regional Medical Center and is home recuperating, deputies said today. ...more

December 31, 2008

A 12-year-old boy was shot in the leg Monday afternoon as he and a friend unintentionally walked near two groups of people that were arguing, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

December 29, 2008

The normally sedate upscale neighborhood of Barrington Oaks East off Lumsden Road in Brandon begins to resemble Interstate 275 at rush hour as Christmas draws near. ...more

December 24, 2008

It was a little past 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday when Clinton Portis picked up a phone in a Florida hotel room and began calling other Washington Redskins players one by one, steeling himself for the worst sort of conversation. ...more

November 28, 2007

MIAMI - Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor has died, says family friend Richard Sharpstein. ...more

November 27, 2007

Washington Redskins star safety Sean Taylor was in critical condition Monday after he was shot during what police are investigating as a possible armed robbery at his home. ...more

November 27, 2007