The Armwood and Tampa Bay Tech girls basketball teams didn't need overtime to settle the score Monday night, unlike the district rivals' previous meeting when the Titans won by one point. The Hawks handled their business in regulation with a convincing 58-40 victory, setting up a district tournament showdown in a couple of weeks. ...more

January 13, 2009

A videotape released today shows Robert Farley dancing and singing hours after he killed his 93-year-old father, authorities say. ...more

January 7, 2009

When 93-year-old Walter Farley was found shot dead in his home, his son's wife, Mary, asked Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, "Are you going to do everything you can to find who killed my father-in-law?" ...more

January 4, 2009

The Polk County Sheriff's Office today charged someone in the New Year's Eve shooting death of a 93-year-old Lakeland man: his son. ...more

January 3, 2009

A church's quilting group brought a little warmth and comfort to children this month at Caminiti Exceptional Center. ...more

December 24, 2008

A church's quilting group brought a little warmth and comfort to children this month at Caminiti Exceptional Center. ...more

December 24, 2008

A church's quilting group brought a little warmth and comfort to children this month at Caminiti Exceptional Center. ...more

December 17, 2008

In a case that resulted in a minor being charged with rape, a teenage girl leaving a book at the night depository at Bloomingdale Regional Public Library in April was attacked and left for dead. Now the Rough Riders, a Bay area civic organization, has chipped in to buy her a van outfitted to transport someone with medical needs. ...more

December 16, 2008

Polk County Sheriff's Office detectives are asking the public's help in locating an 82-year-old woman whose family has not seen her for six months. Mabel A. Pugliese, of 7993 Oak Run Circle, Lakeland, was reported missing on Sunday by a family member. ...more

December 10, 2008

Three 17-year-olds accused of stealing a disabled woman's van and wheelchair caught a ride to the county's Juvenile Assessment Center, police said. ...more

December 6, 2008