About 3 a.m. Oct. 9, 2006, Diogenes Vazquez awoke to loud banging and a commotion in the Plant City home he shared with four other men, he said on a witness stand today. ...more

September 3, 2008

Authorities hope someone will have information about a fatal crash that shut down the eastbound lanes of Interstate 4 at Interstate 75 for several hours this morning. ...more

September 1, 2008

Polk County sheriff's deputies arrested a Lakeland man early Saturday in the hit-and-run death of a 14-year-old boy. ...more

August 31, 2008

MULBERRY - Polk County sheriff's deputies arrested a Lakeland man early today in the hit-and-run death of a 14-year-old boy. ...more

August 30, 2008

The Mulberry police chief has suspended the department's canine unit until policies and equipment are in place to ensure the dogs' safety, after a German shepherd left in a car died when the air conditioner failed. ...more

August 7, 2008

The Mulberry police chief has suspended the department's canine unit until policies and equipment are in place to ensure the dogs' safety after a German shepherd left in a car died when the car's air conditioner failed. ...more

August 6, 2008

MULBERRY The handler of police canine Sam Diesel had kept the German shepherd in a portable kennel at the Mulberry Police Department in the weeks before the dog died inside a patrol car with faulty air conditioning, according to an investigative report released Tuesday by the agency. ...more

August 5, 2008

DIXIE YOUTH LEAGUE AAA MAJORS BASEBALL Spring American carries a fine .315 batting average and a tightly meshed defense, but an extended stay in the Dixie World Series will hinge on its pitching. TAMBASCO, LAFERTY WILL CARRY THE LOAD ON THE HILL ...more

August 3, 2008

John Tischner of Dunedin decries handling of death of police dog. ...more

August 2, 2008

Randy Nowak was having IRS trouble, authorities say, and wanted the revenue officer on his tail "deleted." ...more

August 1, 2008