Author: Matt Rife - Local News Desk
Child Playing With Lighter Cause Of Lakeland Apartment Fire
LAKELAND, FL. - Lakeland Fire Department (LFD) responded to an apartment building fire located at 810 E. 1st Street at approximately 1:20 PM on Aug. [...]
Two COVID-19 Testing Sites To Resume Operations In Hillsborough County
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL. - Hillsborough County will temporarily open two free public testing sites for COVID-19.
These walk-in locations will open [...]
‘Unsupervised’ Candle Leads To Apartment Fire In Lakeland
LAKELAND, FL. - A burning candle caused a mass of destruction at a Lakeland Apartment building on Monday.
At approximately 5:00 PM on Aug. 2, Lak [...]
WATCH: “Your Drug Dealers Are Trying To Kill You” Pasco Deputy Saves Man Who Overdosed
PASCO COUNTY, FL. - Deputies in Pasco County helped save a man that was camped in the woods and overdosed on Fentanyl.
According to investigators [...]
Polk County Detectives Arrest 17 Suspects In “Operation Child Protector”
POLK COUNTY, FL. - Polk County Sheriff's Office undercover detectives and partnering agencies conducted an undercover operation from July 27th throug [...]
Ruth Eckerd Hall Presents Holiday Magic Starring Adam Trent On Thursday, December 30
CLEARWATER, FL. - Direct from Broadway, Adam Trent, the break-out star of the world’s best-selling magic show, The Illusionists, brings his signature [...]
Florida Gov. DeSantis, CFO Jimmy Patronis Warns Ben & Jerry’s Of “Investment Prohibition”
On Monday, the Executive Director & Chief Investment Officer of the Florida State Board of Administration (SBA), Ash Williams, notified Governor [...]
“Sickening” Lakeland Man Arrested, Sexual Battery And Molesting A Child Under 10-Years-Old
LAKELAND, FL. - On Monday, August 2, 2021, detectives from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Unit arrested a Lakeland man after their [...]
Florida Teen Arrested After Returning To Crime Scene To Get His Buddie’s Gucci Sandals
A Florida man in the making. After committing a home burglary, a 16-year-old Florida teen was arrested trying to retrieve his friend's Gucci sandals. [...]
Safety Harbor Man Who Distributed Fentanyl Causing Death Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison
TAMPA, FL. - U.S. District Judge William Jung has sentenced David Burkes, 52, Safety Harbor, to 20 years imprisonment for distributing narcotics, res [...]