Housing to help homeless Polk State College students
Heart for Winter Haven is opening a home for homeless students who attend Polk State College.
Bok Tower Gardens visitor's center to re-open following $16-million renovation
Bok Tower Gardens is in the home stretch of a multi-million-dollar renovation, where they have been working with an internationally known design firm. Hadley Exhibits, which made works for the National September 11 Memorial Museum and the JFK Library, has now created exhibits for Bok Tower Gardens.
Fire at Lakeland business under investigation
Firefighters in Lakeland battled a blaze at a pawn shop Saturday night.
Winter Haven police arrest man who tried to lure teenager
Police in Winter Haven have arrested a man who they said tried to lure a teenager into his van.
Witnesses: Man in white van tried to lure teen in Winter Haven
Winter Haven Police are looking for a man who may have tried to intice a teen to get into his van Thursday.
Polk County, Florida DEP sue human waste processing company for odor violations
Polk County is hauling BS Ranch & Farm to court - again.
Tattoo artist transforms school bathrooms in Lakeland
With the stroke of a brush and some paint, tattoo artist Izic Woodall is changing young minds at Medulla Elementary School in Lakeland.
Bartow golfer hits hole-in-one on 100th birthday
Herbert Dixon just celebrated his 100th birthday. His keys to a long life: No smoking, no drinking, and church on Sunday.
Police: Lakeland officer fired, arrested after making false report about child abuse
A Lakeland police officer was arrested, and later fired, after making a false report that claimed his child was being abused by a babysitter, investigators said.
Small plane crashes in Mulberry woods
One person is in the hospital after a small plane crashed in Mulberry this morning.
Mom seeks justice 1 year after spray of bullets killed her son
Almost everywhere you look in Darnya Barber’s Polk County home, there are reminders of her son.
Mother confronts school board after son beaten up at Polk County school
The mother of a 12-year-old boy who was beaten up in a locker room last week came to a Polk County school board meeting Tuesday to demand policy changes.
Polk deputies look for "dangerous" armed duo who robbed market
Polk County deputies are looking for two gunmen that held up a mom-and-pop store and terrorized its employees.
Lakeland teen killed in rollover crash on I-4
Stephanie Carroll's friends say she was impossible not to like.
Outside the box: Dome homes could save lives, builder says
As people in the Bahamas make plans to rebuild, a local man is hoping his own experience of living in a hurricane-resistant dome house can help inspire others to consider doing the same.
Two drivers killed in head-on crash in Polk County
The Polk County Sheriff's Office is investigating a crash that left two drivers dead early Sunday morning.
Southeastern University students raise $24,000 in one day for Bahamas relief
Jodi Whymnes, a student at Southeastern University in Lakeland, learned to expect the unexpected during Hurricane Dorian.
Winter Haven police investigate two shootings in same area
Police in Winter Haven are investigating two shootings that happened in the same area on Wednesday, though it is unclear if the incidents are related.
'It sounded like war:' Lakeland resident still haunted by 9/11
As the world commemorates September 11, a Lakeland woman would like to forget, but can’t.
Bartow students walk up more than 100 flights of stairs to honor victims of 9/11
Two Polk County students have paid tribute to the victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks by walking up over 100 flights of stairs in their memory.