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Lakeland Girl Faces Man Accused of Murdering Her Family
On Thursday morning in the Polk County Courthouse, a 14-year-old girl bravely walked past Bryan James Riley, the man accused of murdering four members of her family and trying to murder her in September 2021. An armed sheriff’s bailiff and an assistant state attorney stayed between her and Riley.
2 Lakeland Women Arrested In Davenport Dick’s Sporting Goods Shoplifting Spree
LAKELAND, Fla. – Two Lakeland women were arrested on Thursday after a shoplifting spree in the Davenport area. Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of retail theft at Dick’s Sporting Goods in Posner Park around 6:40 PM. They quickly located the suspect vehicle, a silver Chrysler Pacifica, and conducted a traffic stop.
Bay Area hospitals seeing jump in COVID-19 cases, but fewer severe symptoms
TAMPA, Fla. - Bay Area hospitals are seeing a spike in COVID-19 patients with new variants. According to the Florida Department of Health, COVID cases in Hillsborough County are up 33% compared to this time last year. Pinellas County has seen a 59% increase and infections are up 64% in Polk County.
39-year-old mother killed, 2 children injured in Davenport crash
A mother was killed and her two children injured in a single-vehicle crash Friday night. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said speed and impairment appear to be factors and it expects to file criminal charges against the driver. The crash happened just before 8 p.m. on North Ridge Trail,...
Mother killed, children injured during crash near Davenport: Deputies
DAVENPORT, Fla. - Investigators suspect speed and "impairment" were factors in a deadly crash near Davenport on Friday night. According to officials, the single-vehicle crash happened just before 8 p.m. on North Ridge Trail, and is being investigated by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Homicide Investigations. Investigators say...
Jacksonville woman killed, children among 3 injured in crash near Davenport, sheriff’s office says
POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A Jacksonville woman was killed and her two children were among three others hurt in a single-vehicle crash Friday evening near Davenport, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. News4JAX sister station WKMG in Orlando reported that the crash occurred around 7:54 p.m. on...
Why Doesn’t Polk County Animal Services follow the ASV Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters?
Statement by PCSO – “The social media post regarding Polk County Animal Control is complete fiction, and we are outraged with this woman’s bald-faced lies. Our cats and dogs are housed in a kennel with thousands of square feet, a very high ceiling, huge fans, and a ventilation system, and all of the animals have food, water, and shelter, as well as an on-site veterinarian. There were not, and are not, any cats in distress. Our Animal Control staff members are singularly focused on providing medical support and tender loving care to the pets in our facility, with the goal of finding each and every one of them a loving home. Perhaps the woman who was so concerned about the cats she saw there should have focused more on adopting them than trying to ‘go viral’ on social media with her lies.”
Forum for Polk County School Board Candidates Tackles Tough Issues
Nearly 100 people packed into the fellowship hall of New Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in northwest Lakeland Tuesday evening to listen to the six candidates vying for three seats on the Polk County School Board. While School Board members come from different areas in the district, they represent the...
Polk Countians help fuel 'electrifying' mood at Republican National Convention
A global computer outage Friday left many who had attended the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee scrambling to reschedule canceled flights. For those who made the trip from Polk County, that just meant more time to bask in the afterglow of what they considered an exalted gathering. Lakeland’s Ed Shoemaker,...
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