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After more than two years of fundraising and renovating, Derry Down was something for all to see Thursday.

After five years, an Australian man has nearly exhausted his appeals in an extradition case that would send him to Polk County to stand trial for his role in a teenage sex abuse case.

As the First United Methodist Church in Lake Wales initiated its centennial anniversary earlier this year, a nagging question began haunting event chairman Reid Hardman.

National Hurricane Center says Hermine has strengthened to a hurricane.

An Auburndale man has been arrested on charges that he posed nude in front of two minor children to whom he had access.

A Winter Haven man has pleaded guilty in federal court to making false statements in a mortgage loan application, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

A massive explosion rocked a SpaceX launch pad Thursday during a routine rocket test for a planned weekend launch.