The north and southbound lanes of U.S. 27 were closed for several hours and seven people were injured following a two-vehicle accident late Saturday night in Polk County. ...more

January 13, 2009

The north and southbound lanes of U.S. 27 were closed for several hours and seven people were injured following a two-vehicle accident late Saturday night in Polk County. ...more

January 12, 2009

Three people were hospitalized and three others received less serious injuries when a tractor trailer hauling boxes of oranges hit a sports utility vehicle Saturday night on U.S. 27 in Polk County. ...more

January 11, 2009

Rescue personnel had to extricate three passengers from a three-vehicle crash at 106th Avenue North and Fourth Street North about 6:15 this evening. ...more

January 7, 2009

Five years after the NASA rover Spirit landed on Mars, the six-wheel robotic geologist and its twin Opportunity are still on the job. ...more

January 4, 2009

Seven Polk County detention deputies were injured Saturday morning after a work van used to shuttle them between jails flipped on U.S. 17, the sheriff's office said. ...more

January 4, 2009

Seven Polk County detention deputies were injured this morning after a work van flipped on U.S. 17, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

January 3, 2009

A 12-year-old boy was shot in the leg Monday afternoon as he and a friend unintentionally walked near two groups of people that were arguing, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

December 29, 2008

A 43-year-old Lake Wales police detective struck and injured a pedestrian Saturday night as the woman tried to cross the road on Central Avenue in Lake Wales, authorities said. ...more

December 27, 2008

A man enraged by a noisy family sitting near him in a movie theater on Christmas night shot the father of the family in the arm, police said. ...more

December 27, 2008