The Mulberry boys soccer team scored two early goals on their way to a 3-0 ejection-shortened victory over the Lake Placid boys soccer team in the semifinals of the Class 3A-District 8 tournament. The match was called with 30 minutes remaining after Lake Placid coach Josh Virkler was thrown out of the game for arguing with the referee. "It's a disappointing way to end the season," Virkler said. "It was a bad error on my part." ...more

January 27, 2009

Cleveland Nobles scored nine points and Avierre Conner and Tekovian Miller each added eight on Friday night to lead the Avon Park boys basketball team to a 38-29 victory over DeSoto in a crucial Class 4A-District 10 match. ...more

January 25, 2009

Avon Park's Paul Calero snuck in a goal in the 78th minute on Thursday and the Red Devils boys soccer team finished the regular season with some much-needed confidence, earning a 1-1 tie with Lake Placid in the cross-county rivals' regular season finales. ...more

January 24, 2009

Overcoming frigid conditions and a biting wind, Lake Placid midfielder Yuribia Terrones scored a career-high four goals and forward Erica Resendiz added two of her own on Tuesday night to lead the Green Dragons to a resounding 7-0 victory over Mulberry in the semifinals of the Class 3A-District 8 girls soccer tournament at Southwest Park. ...more

January 22, 2009

Junior forward Yuribia Terrones scored four goals and senior midfielder Erica Resendiz added two more on Tuesday to lead the Lake Placid girls soccer team to a convincing 7-0 victory over Mulberry in the Class 3A-District 8 semifinals at frigid Southwest Park Complex. ...more

January 20, 2009

Thirty-seven people were arrested and 109 roosters seized Saturday after Polk County sheriff's deputies received an anonymous tip and broke up a Mulberry cockfighting ring. ...more

January 18, 2009

Detectives in Polk County have arrested one man and are questioning another in the death of a 28-year-old man found floating in a phosphate pit on Friday. ...more

January 11, 2009

Polk County deputies are investigating a death in Mulberry. ...more

January 9, 2009

Authorities are asking for the public's help in solving a series of burglaries in Mulberry. The burglaries were first reported on Oct. 31, when a man was seen entering a home at 277 Lake Erie Drive in Lake Pointe Village. The man was dressed in all black and wore a ski mask and gloves. When the homeowner encountered the man, the burglar ran from the house carrying stolen items, the Mulberry Police Department said. ...more

January 6, 2009

Six of one has not been a half-dozen of the other for the Plant City High wrestling team this year. ...more

December 31, 2008