Fort Meade News

On December 31, an inmate, while being incarcerated in the Hardee County Jail, committed suicide.

Published: Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 5:00 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 5:00 a.m. BARTOW After 45 years behind the typewriter, S.L. Frisbie IV is setting aside his reporter's notebook.

It's hard to imagine a family gearing up to celebrate Christmas being forced instead to plan a funeral for a child.

Ft. Meade, Florida - It was around this time last year, a few days before Christmas, that a family was gathering to celebrate the holiday in Ft.

Published: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 11:49 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 11:49 p.m. Highlights: Arialle Durant led Tenoroc with 19 points, including an 11-for-11 performance at the line.

Published: Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 7:18 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 7:18 p.m. LAKELAND The Polk County School District is counting on two different multimillion-dollar computer programs to help students struggling to read.

Published: Sunday, December 6, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, December 7, 2009 at 2:16 a.m. Interstate 4 and County Road 54: WHERE THE CAMERAS ARE Red-light cameras are at five intersections in Lakeland.

You couldn't imagine a more picture-perfect location for a bluegrass festival. The back porch of the Founder's Hall at Koreshan State Park in Estero and the Florida Bluegrass Extravaganza put on by the Acoustic Music Society of Southwest Florida were made for each other.

Interstate 4 and County Road 54: Work is expected to resume today with nighttime lane closures through Friday.

The first event on the 2010 Paddle Florida schedule is on the Peace River at Fort Meade Jan.

The Historical Society of Fort Meade is auctioning six holiday wreaths this month to raise funds for the museum programs.

Driver's mother-in-law dies at the scene of the single vehicle accident. CAPTION CAPTION BY SHELLEY ROSSETTER Local TV cameraman films a fatal accident in the 4100 block of Highway 98 east, Fort Meade.

Published: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 9:54 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 9:54 p.m. MULBERRY A stroke of the pen was all it took to officially dissolve the embattled Mulberry Police Department on Tuesday, when city officials signed a contract for law enforcement with the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

One prson was killed and four other family members were injured today in a one cehicle crash on Highway 98 East.

One person was killed and four others were injured when a pickup lost control on a curve in Fort Meade this morning, overturned and struck a tree.

Published: Monday, November 23, 2009 at 7:15 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 23, 2009 at 7:21 p.m. LAKELAND It was the age of the Great Depression and Foster Heath was fresh out of high school.

Mosaic, the last remaining phosphate company in Polk, has announced plans to build a luxury resort facility on more than 16,000 acres of reclaimed mine land west of Fort Meade.

Published: Monday, November 16, 2009 at 6:52 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 16, 2009 at 11:56 p.m. FORT MEADE The Florida real estate booms of recent decades tended to bypass southwestern Polk County, but that could change now that the Mosaic Co.

Phosphate company Mosaic has announced plans to build a luxury resort on some 16,000 acres of reclaimed mine land west of Fort Meade in Polk County, according to The Ledger, a Lakeland newspaper.

Published: Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 16, 2009 at 3:20 a.m. Favilli Family Practice Center, Fort Meade Community Health Care and Bartow Regional Medical Center are hosting an open house from 5-7 p.m. Thursday at the Fort Meade Medical Clinic.