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Brutal home invasion reported in Polk County

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:17:55 -0400

POINCIANA, Florida - Polk County Sheriff's deputies said two men armed with guns and a machete forced a 20-year-old man to tie up his father, then raped his mother and poured bleach over her body.

Deputies: Couple 47 dogs in deplorable conditions

Tue, 07 May 2013 09:17:07 -0400

AUBURNDALE, Florida - A Polk County couple surrendered 47 dogs - most of them Dachshunds - after Polk County sheriff's deputies found them stacked in cages without food and water inside an Auburndale home.

Florida man charged in car crash that killed 3

Fri, 03 May 2013 06:13:06 -0400

LAKELAND, Florida - A central Florida man faces several charges in a car crash that killed three people and seriously injured another.

Jurors find man guilty in infant daughter's death

Thu, 02 May 2013 10:28:13 -0400

BARTOW, Florida - Jurors deliberated about three hours before finding a Lakeland man guilty of manslaughter in the 2009 starving death of his infant daughter.

Man dies after falling from tree he was trimming

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:52:04 -0400

LAKELAND, Florida - Officials say a 66-year-old man fell to his death while trimming a tree at his church.

Memorials planned for Fla. deputy killed in crash

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:21:58 -0400

LAKELAND, Florida - Memorial services have been planned for a central Florida sheriff's deputy killed when his patrol car crashed.

Former home of Gov. Lawton Chiles up for sale

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:01:13 -0400

LAKELAND, Florida - The home former Gov. Lawton Chiles once lived in is for sale.