The Florida Department of Transportation will install 17 miles of express lanes on Interstate 4 in Hillsborough County, Gov.

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A rabies alert is in effect in Polk County after a rabid cat bit a veterinary technician at a Lakeland animal hospital Sunday ...

The victim was taken to a hospital by life flight for life-threatening injuries, the sheriff's office said. BREAKING: Former ...

Newly released 911 tapes for the search for Doug Lebda credited his labradoodle with helping locate the body after an ATV ...

A customer at a Polk County McDonald’s was shot during a dispute over being denied service late at night. At around 3 a.m. on ...

Apple Martin on Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Martin's parenting: 'Shouldn't be entitled' Fifty Years After It Sank, Science Might ...

According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, multiple law enforcement agencies responded to a shooting on Wilson Road in ...

Taylor Cadle was 12 when she told a sheriff’s office detective she'd been raped for years by her adoptive father. But deputies didn't believe her.

On September 23, a hidden camera was found in a portable toilet at Lincoln Valley Golf Course during a middle and high school ...