An 18-year-old high school senior who appeared not to hear the horn of an approaching train because he was wearing headphones was killed Monday as he was walking on railroad tracks in Polk County. ...more

October 21, 2009

A 9-year-old charged with killing his father and another man has been offered a plea deal that would spare him any jail time, his attorney said Thursday. ...more

February 12, 2009

An 8-year-old boy accused in the deaths of his father and another man gave police conflicting accounts about the shootings, at one point saying, "I wasn't shooting any guns" before admitting to firing at least two shots at each of the men. ...more

November 19, 2008

Four men tried to buy four kilograms of cocaine from an agent of the Tampa Police Department on Wednesday night, police say. ...more

September 12, 2008

Four men tried buying four kilograms of cocaine from an agent of the Tampa Police Department on Wednesday night, police say. Officers arrested Arturo Aleman, 33, of Kissimmee; Orbil Millan-Romero, 34, of Tampa; Pedro Pinet, 35, of Tampa; and Ricardo Quinones-Romero, 28, of Tampa. ...more

September 11, 2008

With the exception of a New York train scheduled to arrive in Tampa on Friday afternoon en route to Miami, Amtrak's Florida operations remained canceled Thursday because of severe weather from Tropical Storm Fay. ...more

August 21, 2008

Marcos Gomez-Romero told investigators in a sworn statement that he beat his 4-month-old daughter to death because he wanted a son and not a daughter, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. ...more

January 12, 2008

WINTER HAVEN - A Polk County man is facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of his baby daughter. ...more

January 11, 2008

As children across the country fill out their holiday wish lists, one group of high school students remembered that Christmas is also a time for giving. ...more

December 15, 2007

Miriam Romero said her daughter Amanda has always been one to march to her own tune. ...more

October 10, 2007