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The termination of City Manager Deric Feacher might be just the first domino to fall when it comes to the city of Winter Haven.

Cornerstone Hospice is seeking volunteers from throughout Polk County.

The Guardian ad Litem program, which serves abused and neglected children across Polk County, is seeking advocates for children.

Florida Highway Patrol released information about a crash that occurred Sept. 5, which landed McKeel Academy's girls golf coach in intensive care.

A man was sent to a local hospital with minor injuries Wednesday after being shot in the 2000 block of Ninth St. NW in Winter Haven, said Jamie Brown of the Winter Haven Police Department.

Newly appointed Polk County Fire Rescue Chief Anthony P. Stravino shared his plans for the future of the department after taking the oath of office at an Honors and Recognition Ceremony Wednesday afternoon.

The Florida Commission on Ethics announced Wednesday that it cleared former Lake Hamilton Police Chief Lyle Jagniszak of any allegations he violated ethics laws while working for the agency.

The city’s proposed $12 million budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 raised few questions during the first of two public hearings Tuesday night, as did the planned 10 percent increase in property taxes.

The funeral for the Rev. Norm Farland, pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission in Wahneta, will be held Thursday at the mission where he served for 23 years.

Oh, the things we do for love. A Lake Wales woman faces felony charges after she made a bomb threat Tuesday in an attempt to keep her boyfriend from taking a drug test, Winter Haven police reported.