The Florida Highway Patrol Cargo Theft Unit noted between May 2023 and March 2025, the group was linked to 51 vehicle thefts, 28 cargo shipments.

Florida Southern College has appointed interim leader Daryl Ward as executive director of the Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of ...

One involved a commissioner's Facebook posts. One was over Polk County Animal Control. The other alleged abuse of authority ...

There will be a mostly new cast of top baseball players in Polk County this season as seniors dominated The Ledger’s ...

Wildfires and dry conditions are straining parts of Central Florida, forcing evacuations, closing roads and prompting renewed calls for water conservation, officials said.

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A man in Miami-Dade County jail awaiting trial for a 2023 fatal shooting during spring break in Miami Beach threw human waste on a corrections officer who was searching his cell Monday night, ...

The fire broke out before 4 p.m. Tuesday in a rural area close to Highway 640 and County Road 555, officials said. Crews with ...

Some environmentalists want to hit the brakes on a proposed truck refueling stop around a wildlife overpass under ...

Portions of Highway 640 and Highway 55 were shut down Tuesday afternoon while crews respond to a vegetation fire.

A Florida sheriff's bold claims about immigrant arrests reveal a more complex picture when court records are examined in detail.