Polk County

A mother and father are facing aggravated manslaughter charges after Florida authorities said their 18-month-old daughter died after being left in a hot car overnight after a Fourth of July party.

A mother and father are facing aggravated manslaughter charges after Florida authorities said their 18-month-old daughter died after being left in a hot car overnight after a Fourth of July party.

Residents in one neighborhood in the city of Lakeland are concerned after a massive sinkhole opened up earlier this week.

Police in a central Florida city have charged the mother after the body of her newborn baby was found in a dumpster behind a business last Thursday morning.

A 13-year-old boy, who had been on probation since January after stealing a gun, was involved in the shooting of an officer in central Florida on Wednesday.

A man is facing multiple charges after police said he was caught on camera stabbing the clerk of a central Florida gas station nearly 10 times.

According to Davenport police, officers were called to a RaceTrac store located at 38425 Highway 27 just before 5 a.m. Monday.

Why did the alligator and the bobcat cross the road? No, this isn’t the beginning of a joke because it really took place in central Florida.

Courtesy Cathy Terry

Authorities say they’ve recovered the bodies of two boaters, nearly two days after they went missing in an accident on a Florida lake near the Legoland theme park. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says the bodies of Orlando Ortiz and Jeffrey Marrero were located Monday in Lake Eloise. Officials say the two men jumped into the Winter Haven lake on...

Members of a college softball team in central Florida put sportsmanship first last weekend when helping an injured opponent who could not finish running the bases after a home run.

A man suspected in a mass shooting in central Florida was fatally shot by a police officer following a long chase and a carjacking. Authorities say the car driven by 21-year-old Alex Greene eventually crashed into a business in Winter Haven. Officials suspect Greene in the Jan. 30 shooting that injured 11 men. Police hoped to bring him in on...

While talking to deputies, the female suspect told them that she had called 911 for the purpose of having law enforcement help them move their belongings from the house they were burglarizing

Authorities are investigating at a central Florida jail after an inmate violently fought deputies and died after being restrained. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says Eric Nelson died Friday at the lockup in Frostproof. The office says in a news release that Nelson punched a deputy twice in the face and hit, kicked and bit other deputies when they attempted...

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Family members of a toddler in central Florida are thanking a first responder who saved her life when she stopped breathing during a Christmas parade last week.

Deputies in central Florida have found the body of a missing child who fell off a boat and into a lake over the weekend.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office along with multiple other agencies are scouring Lake Annie south of the town of Dundee for the child.

Police arrested a 13-year-old girl this week who allegedly threatened to blow up her central Florida school after telling police she was “bored.”

A central Florida father and his teenage son were arrested over the weekend after deputies said they fired multiple gunshots at a woman who they thought was a home intruder – but was actually an innocent woman.