About 3,500 customers in Polk County now have power, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said Sunday night. ...more

October 25, 2009

BANKRUPTCIES Middle District of Florida Tampa Division CHAPTER 7 ...more

March 21, 2009

Brush fires in Ruskin and Haines City kept Tampa Bay area firefighters busy on Sunday. A blaze in Ruskin that grew to 150 acres was contained by 10 p.m., Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Capt. Bruce Delk said. ...more

March 16, 2009

A 20-year-old woman is accused of punching a pregnant woman and slashing her face and arms with a box cutter. ...more

March 16, 2009

Fog is affecting visibility along the Interstate 4 corridor as well as in Lakeland and between Plant City and downtown Tampa, News Channel 8 meteorologist Jennifer Hill said. However, lingering smoke from a brush fire was affecting drivers on I-4 and Old Polk City Road earlier this morning but had dissipated by 6 a.m., TBO.com traffic reporter Alicia Roberts said. ...more

March 10, 2009

A Dover woman ran a stop sign and crashed into the side of another car, killing its driver late Sunday night, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

March 9, 2009

Polk County deputies have charged the mother of one of the girls involved in the beating of a teenage girl recorded for YouTube with domestic battery in an unrelated incident. ...more

February 15, 2009

A reading teacher and food service manager were honored Thursday night by the Polk County School District. ...more

February 12, 2009

Warden Rod James asked the busload of arriving inmates to raise their hands if they had been incarcerated at least once before. ...more

February 9, 2009

Warden Rod James asked the busload of arriving inmates to raise their hands if they had been incarcerated at least once before. ...more

February 8, 2009