Lakeland police are investigating a fatal accident that killed a 27-year-old Lakeland man on Saturday.
The suspect vehicle may have also stuck a pole in a separate crash, authorities said.
A 19-year-old Winter Haven High School student is facing a felony robbery charge after police said he used a firearm to rob a smoke shop.
Lakeland police are seeking witnesses to a crash on Monday in which a man and two children were killed.
After threatening the officers and deputies with the knife, Sheriff Grady Judd said they were forced to fatally shoot the man.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the teen was by all accounts a "good kid" until he got involved with a local gang.
A Lakeland mother and two of her children, ages 6 and 14, were killed in a crash Monday evening, according to reports.
A 27-year-old Orlando man was shot and killed and a 26-year-old Sanford woman was shot and wounded at an Airbnb rental home on Robin Road.
The Polk sheriff's office is investigating a single boat crash that occurred Saturday morning on Lake Eloise.
A 31-year-old Winter Haven man died Monday after his motorcycle crashed into a sports utility vehicle on U.S. 17-92.
A Frostproof High School student caring for his grandfather was killed by an angle grinder, which cuts metal. His father has been arrested.
A 32-year-old man with a long history of criminal activities was fatally shot by Bartow police Sunday following an armed carjacking.
The killings followed a custody dispute regarding the woman's 10-year-old son, according to the Polk County sheriff.
Authorities said a Citrus Connection bus attempted to make a left-hand turn when it was hit by Hyundai sedan Friday.
Polk County sheriff's deputies arrested 20-year-old Coleden Snowden and charged him with vehicular manslaughter in the death of a woman.
A 33-year-old South Carolina woman is facing drug and gun charges after a 14-year-old boy got a hold of a gun in her car and shot himself.
The owner chased the bear away after it ripped open her vinyl fence to grab the pig.
A 46-year-old man driving a Kia sustained gunshot wounds and was taken to Lakeland Regional Health where he died.
Joshua Doolin was sentenced Wednesday after authorities said he stormed the U.S. Capitol, stole a riot shield and kept it as a souvenir.
The Treasury Department said shell companies received $147 million through the Lakeland check-cashing business.
Florida Highway Patrol troopers have arrested an 18-year-old Haines City man who they said caused a crash after fleeing from a trooper.
Polk County sheriff's deputies made an arrest in less than 25 minutes after an early-morning armed robbery Saturday at a Circle K store.
A man has been taken into custody after barricading himself inside a home and then yelling and shooting a gun into the air.
Three Lakeland teens were killed in the Wednesday night crash on U.S. Highway 98 North, police said.
A $4,000 cash reward is available for information leading to the whereabouts of Tonya Whipp of Auburndale, police said.
Peaches Stergo of Florida was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty in April to defrauding the 87-year-old man.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the suspects strangled and robbed a woman near Bartow on Wednesday.
A 36-year-old Winter Haven woman was killed in the Sunday-morning crash on State Road 400, state police said.
Authorities believe a 26-year-old man shot the woman in Winter Haven on Friday before turning the gun on himself.
Three trucking companies are also named in the lawsuit, filed days after an Amtrak train crashed into a tractor-trailer, injuring eight.
First responders performed life-saving measures but the unnamed man died at the scene.
The crash happened shortly after 7 p.m. Friday when a train carrying 163 passengers hit a tractor-trailer stalled on the tracks.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said detectives have arrested a Haines City man in connection with a crash that killed a passenger.
Polk Sheriff Grady Judd said the toddler's parents tested positive for drugs and alcohol, and have been charged in the child's death.
Police said the motorcyclist was passing another vehicle when it struck an SUV on Drane Field Road.
A 33-year-old Lakeland Man is facing multiple charges following a shooting Friday during which he barricaded himself in an apartment.
"We killed him graveyard dead because he asked for it," said Sheriff Grady Judd of the fatal shooting of Ramon Martinez, 37.
Polk Sheriff Grady Judd said the Rogers family has been trafficking drugs in the Inwood neighborhood since the 1980s.
Don Wayne Wise Jr. of Winter Haven was charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a firearm.
A 24-year-old man was killed when a Dodge Durango traveling south on Longfellow Boulevard crashed into a home Monday.