A 29-year-old man died early this morning when his car rear-ended a tanker carrying a cargo of orange juice as the truck slowed to make a turn near Lake Wales. The Polk County Sheriff's Office said Joseph Cherry, of Lake Wales, was killed about 2:30 a.m. today on State Road 17. ...more

September 24, 2009

A 77-year-old Avon Park man driving a Mercury Grand Marquis lost control of his vehicle Monday morning and took out two columns at the Highlands Independent Bank branch on Main Street in Avon Park. ...more

June 16, 2009

Police briefs. ...more

March 30, 2009

An anonymous tip led Polk County deputies to arrest a woman in connection with a hit-and-run accident that killed a 17-year-old girl Friday night. ...more

January 19, 2009

Before she left her house Friday night to hang out with a friend, Samantha Hasting sent a text message. ...more

January 18, 2009

A suicidal man on top of the Sunshine Skyway told a St. Petersburg Fire & Rescue lieutenant on Friday it had been his worst Christmas. ...more

December 27, 2008

St. Petersburg Fire & Rescue stopped a man from jumping off the Sunshine Skyway bridge this afternoon, according to the agency. ...more

December 26, 2008

Two people were caught with marijuana in a Wal-Mart parking lot after a shopper flagged down a deputy and pointed them out. ...more

December 18, 2008

The car of a man found dead Sunday along Interstate 4 in Polk County was found this morning in Orlando, authorities say. ...more

December 15, 2008

It must be one special eggbeater. That was the loot two men demanded after entering a home in Plant City, one brandishing a pistol and the other holding a knife to the resident's throat, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

December 15, 2008