Lakeland Police are searching for two men who used counterfeit money to purchase liquor from Mojo's Liquor Store located on 1853 E Memorial Blvd. last Thursday. ...more

June 19, 2009

Lakeland police are investigating whether a 4-year-old girl was molested while playing at a public park. The girl was playing inside a tube slide with an older child Friday at Common Ground Park, 1000 E. Edgewood Drive in Lakeland, police spokesman Jack Gillen said. When she emerged from the slide, her shorts were pulled down and her underwear was on backward, Gillen said. ...more

June 15, 2009

Pills, phony bills and bogus prescriptions were found today in the pockets of a Lakeland man accused of counterfeiting U.S. currency, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

June 11, 2009

Testimony is set to resume this morning in the child pornography possession trial of former Scott Lake Elementary School principal John Stelmack. ...more

June 10, 2009

The Federal Aviation Administration's radar at Tampa International Airport will be relocated from the west side of the airport to a 140-foot tower on the northeast side by mid-2011, the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority said on Thursday. ...more

June 5, 2009

A federal magistrate today ordered the release of a Lakeland man who told authorities he sold steroids to professional athletes. ...more

June 4, 2009

Children caught in the middle of nasty divorces soon may have legal advocates to look after their interests. ...more

June 3, 2009

The following people were booked Wednesday, May 27 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

May 29, 2009

Lockdowns this morning have been canceled at the University of South Florida Polytechnic in Lakeland and Polk Community College campuses. ...more

May 26, 2009

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a man whose body was found in Saddle Creek Lake today, along with a single-person canoe. ...more

May 23, 2009