A head-on crash early Friday left a 24-year-old man dead, sent another man to the hospital and closed a portion of U.S. 19, authorities said. ...more

October 17, 2009

A Spring Hill couple were seriously injured this afternoon when their Jeep Grand Cherokee was hit by a motorist trying to flee from police, authorities said. ...more

May 10, 2009

LAKE PLACID A Lake Placid man died Sunday in a two-vehicle accident at U.S. 27 and Shore Line Drive. ...more

February 17, 2009

A Lake Placid man died Sunday following a two-vehicle accident at U.S. Hwy. 27 and Shore Line Drive. ...more

February 16, 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

Former Middleton High School special education teacher Christina Lin Butler was placed on probation for five years for having a felonious three-week sexual relationship with a 16-year-old ninth-grader. ...more

December 10, 2008

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office is investigating whether alcohol was a factor in a three-car crash that killed one man in Seminole late Thursday night. ...more

November 7, 2008

Middleton High School special education teacher Christina Lin Butler pleaded guilty Thursday to felony lewdness charges related to a three-week affair with a 16-year-old ninth-grader. ...more

October 24, 2008

Middleton High School special education teacher Christina Lin Butler pleaded guilty today to felony lewdness charges related to a three-week affair with a 16-year-old ninth-grader. ...more

October 23, 2008