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Polk County Sheriff Needs Your Help Identifying Lakeland ‘Handle Flipper’
Suspect In Lakeland (HCS)
LAKELAND, Fla. - Polk County Sheriff's Office needs your help identifying a suspect that was flipping door handles in La [...]
2024: New Florida Laws, Changes Now In Effect
Florida Governor DeSantis (File)
Florida is set to implement a range of new laws in 2024, covering areas such as government transparency, road saf [...]
Enhanced ‘Move Over’ Law Now In Effect In Florida
AAA Tow Truck Driver (Source: AAA)
Kicking off the year's start, new laws, including Florida's enhanced Move Over law, are now in effect.
Flori [...]
Spirit Airlines Employee Fired After 6-Year-Old Boy Put On The Wrong Florida Flight
Spirit Airlines (File)
Spirit Airlines has fired the employee responsible for a family’s panic after putting a 6-year-old boy on the wrong flight [...]
Land O’ Lakes Teen Killed In Motorcycle Crash On Collier Parkway
Florida Highway Patrol, Source: TFP
LAND O' LAKES, Fla. - A 19-year-old Land O' Lakes man was killed in a crash that happened around 8:56 pm on Sa [...]
Florida Woman Charged After Deputies Remove 35 Cats, 1 Dog, And An Elderly Woman From Her Home
57-year-old Sharon Cochran (PCSO)
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - Polk County Sheriff's Office investigated an animal neglect and hoarder case in southwest Po [...]
Americans’ Finances Took A Beating In 2023 Amid Persistent Inflation, High Interest Rates
US Currency (File Photo) By Will Kessler, DCNF.
Americans are struggling economically going into 2024, as harsh economic conditions in 2023 draine [...]
Treasure Island Fire Rescue Battles Fire At Thunderbird Beach Resort
Thunderbird Beach Resort Fire (City Of Treasure Island)
TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. - Treasure Island Fire Rescue battled a Saturday fire at the Thunder [...]
Lake Alfred Woman Killed, Winter Haven Man Seriously Injured In Friday Crash
Ambulance (Source: Unsplash)
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - An 83-year-old Lake Alfred woman has died following a crash that happened around 6:20 pm on Frida [...]
Tampa Woman Dies After Drunken Motorcyclist Crashes On Florida Highway
Emergency Lights (Source: File Photo)
TAMPA, Fla. - A woman is dead, and a man has been arrested after driving a motorcycle drunk.
According to [...]