A man making pizza deliveries smashed through a fence Monday night, but failed to stop and report the damage, a report states. ...more

March 31, 2009

Police briefs. ...more

March 31, 2009

An Avon Park man was arrested over the weekend in connection with five robberies that occurred in both Highlands and Polk counties. ...more

February 9, 2009

The Avon Park Police Department is investigating two separate business robberies that occurred within the past week. ...more

February 7, 2009

The Avon Park Police Department is investigating two separate business robberies that occurred within the past week. ...more

February 6, 2009

Police are searching for the man who robbed a convenience store at knifepoint Monday night. ...more

January 30, 2009

A Frostproof convenience store was robbed early this morning by a man who used a paper towel to cover his face, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. Detectives say the man entered the bathroom of a Kangaroo gas station store, 14581 U.S. 27, came out with a paper towel covering his face and demanded money from the clerk. ...more

January 18, 2009

This has been a hellish vacation for Larry and Diana Moyer of Beaver Dam, Wis. ...more

November 19, 2008

Taking a big hop forward in marsupial research, scientists say they have unraveled the DNA of a small kangaroo named Matilda. ...more

November 19, 2008

TAMPA - Sheriff's detectives are looking for three men who walked out of a convenience store with a box of scratch-off lottery tickets worth $5,000. ...more

July 16, 2008