Convicted killer Glen Chambers has been on the loose since escaping from a Polk County prison in 1990 on a truck filled with inmate-made furniture. ...more

December 7, 2009

The St. Petersburg parade scheduled for 10 a.m. today will take place despite the soggy weather, but parade officials do expect a 45 minute start delay, according to St. Pete Police spokeswoman Val Crews. ...more

December 5, 2009

A Lakeland man died early Saturday when he was thrown from a car that crashed at the junction of Old Polk City Road and Commonwealth Avenue. ...more

November 14, 2009

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