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

Authorities say another victim of a Dec. 20 shooting attack in Polk County has died. ...more

December 28, 2008

A 43-year-old Lake Wales police detective struck and injured a pedestrian Saturday night as the woman tried to cross the road on Central Avenue in Lake Wales, authorities said. ...more

December 27, 2008

A murder-suicide at a Dundee home in Polk County on Dec. 20 has claimed the life of a third victim. ...more

December 27, 2008

A Dundee man shot and killed his ex-wife at her home Saturday night, seriously wounded the man she was with, then turned the gun on himself, authorities said. ...more

December 22, 2008

Seven people were injured, five seriously, when a van flipped on Interstate 4 in Polk County late Saturday night. Two of those with injuries the Florida Highway Patrol described as serious were teens, and one was 5 years old. ...more

December 21, 2008

The Polk County Sheriff's Office says its SWAT team is responding tonight to a domestic violence situation in Dundee where one man was shot. ...more

December 20, 2008

It's a parent's worst nightmare: a child suffering a seemingly innocuous sinus infection is ultimately diagnosed with a cancer so rare, doctors worldwide report 300 or fewer new cases annually. ...more

December 17, 2008

Juan P. Sanchez Jr. was headed home, at the wheel of the car he loved, a recent gift from his parents, when struck from behind by another vehicle. ...more

December 8, 2008

Two men broke into the All About Puppies store on North Dale Mabry Highway on Tuesday, police say, and stole two puppies - a brown and black English bulldog and a black Puggle, a Pug/beagle hybrid. ...more

December 8, 2008