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A Florida sheriff's office said Friday that a college student caught trying to bite the face off a victim after stabbing the man and his wife will be charged with first-degree murder, meaning he'll face capital punishment or life without parole.

Gisele Charles-Pierre clutched a photo of her son to her chest while begging his killer to come forward.

A 63-year-old woman was killed Thursday night when she was struck by a truck while riding her bicycle in Lake Wales, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said Friday.

The Lakeland Police Department is investigating a multi-vehicle crash involving a pedestrian that occurred on U.S. 98 South this afternoon.

A 55-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for fatally striking a bicyclist with his truck on U.S. 92 in Auburndale in 2015.

Donald Trump's campaign chairman Paul Manafort resigned on Friday in the wake of campaign shake-up and revelations about his work in Ukraine.

Two American Olympic swimmers were on their way home Friday after being pulled off a plane a day earlier to testify about an alleged robbery at the Rio Olympics that Brazilian police said was made up. The lawyer for a third U.S. swimmer said he would make a $10,800 payment and leave Brazil later in the day. The drama surrounding the situation has shocked and deeply angered Brazilians.

A 23-year-old motorcyclist on the Ronald Reagan Parkway was killed when he ran off the road, struck a pole and was ejected Thursday night, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

Legoland Florida Resort is collecting school supplies to be donated to students in the Polk County School District’s homeless education program, the HEARTH Project.

Vendors are being sought for the next Multicultural Unity Festival scheduled from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 1 at Westwood Park, 1145 35th St. NW, Winter Haven.