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The third and final suspect in a 2015 shooting that killed a 34-year-old was apprehended by the U.S. Marshal Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force on Friday, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said.

The remains of a woman whose body was found more than a year ago near Loughman Community Park have been identified, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

Bradley’s two community-owned parks may get some maintenance help from the county budget, but county commissioners balked at taking over the facilities.

A dog was killed Thursday in a North Lakeland house fire that investigators said likely started when a motorized scooter ignited.

As of 1:20 p.m. Friday, eastbound and westbound lanes of Interstate 4 near exit 48 were closed because of a traffic accident near 557A.

A single-vehicle crash killed an eight-year-old child in Polk City Thursday night.

A Lakeland man has been ruled competent to stand trial on DUI manslaughter charges in the 2013 death of a bicyclist who was riding around Lake Hollingsworth when he was struck.

The rain forced Thursday's Unity in the Park event to be moved from downtown to the Winter Haven Public Library, but it couldn't wash away the message of uniting.

A truck drove on to the sidewalk and plowed through a crowd of revelers who'd gathered to watch the fireworks in the French resort city of Nice in what officials and eyewitnesses described as a deliberate attack. There appeared to be many casualties.

Jessica Solano fought back “pregnancy tears” Thursday when she was named Florida's Teacher of the Year for 2017. Solano, a third-grade math teacher at Highlands Grove Elementary School, was picked from five finalists for the award for her use of technology in the classroom.