LAKE ALFRED Polk County police are investigating the drowning death of a 5-year-old girl which occurred Saturday evening. ...more

May 31, 2008

Five men thought to be responsible for a string of burglaries at Polk County retail stores were arrested Wednesday after a break-in at a Target store. ...more

May 30, 2008

WINTER HAVEN – A 52-year-old woman who survived a crash with a school bus is in critical condition at Lakeland Regional Medical Center today, the sheriff's office said ...more

February 7, 2008

WINTER HAVEN - A 45-year-old woman died today after getting sandwiched by a van and a school bus, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

February 6, 2008

A 48-year-old man laying on train tracks was struck and killed tonight by a CSX freight train heading into Lake Alfred, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

January 23, 2008

BARTOW - Leon Davis Jr., who is accused of killing two women and an unborn baby he set on fire, was indicted Tuesday in the Lake Wales arson, police said. ...more

January 8, 2008

LAKE ALFRED - Firefighters are battling a 500-acre brush fire near Interstate 4 and State Road 557. ...more

January 8, 2008

Juanita Luciano, who was six months' pregnant when she was set on fire while at work, died Thursday, Lake Wales police said. ...more

January 4, 2008

Leon Davis Jr., accused of killing four people in two separate incidents and shooting another, was formally charged today in the shooting deaths of two gas station workers in Lake Alfred. ...more

December 26, 2007

Dorilyn Kornn and Tamora Jones and her friends always enjoyed going to the Headley Nationwide Insurance office on Central Avenue. They would tend to business and shoot the breeze with Yvonne Bustamante and Juanita Luciano, the young women there who handled customer service. ...more

December 21, 2007