Plant City police contributed in a multi-agency investigation that last week broke up a drug ring that stretched as far as Texas and Mexico and led to multiple arrests, including several in the Plant City area. ...more

July 30, 2008

Sylvia Knox and Lisa Galloway, chairwoman and vice chairwoman of the 12th annual Diamonds and Denim Gala, are busy with the committee planning the South Florida Baptist Hospital Foundation event. ...more

July 16, 2008

Police say a registered sex offender from Georgia said he killed a 13-year-old girl whose body was discovered by a maid in a hotel room. ...more

July 12, 2008

A 55-year-old woman who was brutally attacked by an intruder at her home at Whitehurst Mobile Home Park was recovering last week at South Florida Baptist Hospital, Plant City police said. ...more

July 9, 2008

A 55-year-old woman who was brutally attacked by an intruder at her home at Whitehurst Mobile Home Park was recovering at South Florida Baptist Hospital, Plant City police said. ...more

July 2, 2008

On the run from angry residents firing guns, a man suspected of several break-ins, including one at a deputy's home, broke into three homes Tuesday before a father shot him in the foot. ...more

July 2, 2008

A Plant City man suspected of burglarizing a double-wide mobile home west of Plant City was later shot in the foot by a different homeowner and has been arrested. ...more

July 1, 2008

A safety checkpoint set up by the Plant City Police Department last week was cut short by the threat of lightning, but not before dozens of vehicles were checked by officers. ...more

June 4, 2008

AVON PARK — Former Daytona Beach Police Capt. Matthew Doughney's new beat as Avon Park's top police officer begins today after he is sworn in as the new police chief. The ceremony will take place at 11 a.m. inside Avon Park's City Council Chambers. City Manager Sarah Adelt said that Doughney will earn $68,000 a year to take over the department. Adelt, his boss, earns $69,775 annually. ...more

May 11, 2008

A Lake Wales police detective was arrested late Thursday and accused of exchanging sexually charged text messages with a 16-year-old Lake Wales High School student working in the police cadet program, which he coordinated, according to a Florida Department of Law Enforcement report. ...more

May 9, 2008