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Cleveland is the home to the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame and NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers, but for a short period of time next week, Kat Gates-Skipper will take center stage.

Mayday, mayday, mayday. It was those three words, and the pilot's frantic tone of voice, that told Nick Harboe and Pepper Keller there was someone in desperate need of help.

Jamie Gilt could have died from a bullet accidentally fired by her 4-year-old son. Gilt, a 31-year-old Jacksonville resident, spoke to In-Gauge, a Winter Haven non-profit National Rifle Association training organization, Tuesday night about what happened to her on March 8 that made national news and sparked a conversation about gun safety.

Last month, the Lakeland Police Department — working alongside four other agencies — arrested seven men accused of performing a wide range of plumbing and electrical work without proper licenses or training.

Next year's $1.3 billion county budget will include money for police and fire/rescue operations, County Manager Jim Freeman told commissioners Tuesday.

Polk's 49,352 residential and commercial utility customers can expect to see increases in their water rates after Oct. 1.

Bernie Sanders is at last endorsing Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee for president.

Firefighters in southern Italy say at least a dozen people have been killed when two trains collided head-on in Puglia.