The Avon Park City Council has scheduled a special meeting at 4 p.m. today at the council chambers. ...more

November 16, 2009

Three people were hurt today in a two-car collision in Polk County, deputies said. ...more

November 14, 2009

Citizens working to devise a plan for their community say they want assurances that the rural character of the area won't be destroyed by the county's plans for a high-tech corridor along Interstate 4. ...more

November 11, 2009

A 5-month-old girl who authorities say was starved to death by her parents only had a little watery fluid in her stomach. ...more

November 4, 2009

One photograph shows a beautiful baby girl with a fat, happy face. Another shows a dead 5-month-old with sunken eyes. She weighed 6 pounds. Her autopsy showed no body fat. ...more

November 4, 2009

Motorists along one of Lakeland's major thoroughfares are being greeted with a billboard asking a provocative question: "Don't believe in God?" ...more

November 3, 2009

The number of witnesses to be deposed and the recent filing of new charges out of Polk County will prevent the case against former Sebring Chamber CEO Dan Andrews from going to trial in December. ...more

October 23, 2009

Joshua Lee Altersberger's case continues through the Polk County court system almost three months after he was formally sentenced to die and will next be back before Judge J. Michael Hunter on Dec. 12. ...more

October 2, 2009

Talk about a breath of fresh air - literally. The season's first cold front - or perhaps we should call this a cool front - breezed through the Tampa Bay area early Wednesday, sending temperatures dipping to levels they haven't been at in months. ...more

October 1, 2009

The following people were booked Monday, Sept. 28 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

September 30, 2009