Haines City News

SUN PHOTO BY ROB SMITH Tyson Albert threw a complete game two-hitter as Venice defeated Chiles, 4-0, to advance to Saturday's 7A championship.

Master Wyatt Eugene Taylor of Lake Wales passed away Monday, May 13, 2013 at Heart of Florida in Haines City.

"What we decided to do was create a sister school program in the Philippines," said former club President Veronica Cinibulk.

The annual Polk County Hurricane Expo is from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, June 1 - the first day of the hurricane season - at Lake Eva Banquet Hall in Haines City.

Considering the experiment taking place at Michigan State where coach Mark Dantonio is attempting to see if he can turn a redshirt freshman linebacker into a tailback for the upcoming season, the Spartans are in a decidedly resourceful mode.

Winter Haven Police officials say after two weeks of searching, they have finally found and arrested an "armed and extremely dangerous" suspect- wanted for trying to shoot a victim in the head.

According to VISIT FLORIDA's research department, in 2012 alone, 89.3 million visitors came to Florida - that staggering number is up by 2.3 percent from 2011.

A 64-year-old Polk County man is accused of sexually assaulting a sleeping relative Saturday night in Collier County.

Northbound lanes of I-95 in Daytona Beach were closed for around seven hours Saturday after a semi overturned in an accident just south of the LPGA Boulevard exit.

George J. Rauscher, 85, of Haines City, Florida, and formerly of Grafton, passed away Friday, April 26, 2013 in Winterhaven Hospital, after a short illness.Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Blackburn-Duke Funeral Home, 1021 Main St., Grafton.

County commissioners are getting close to a decision on whether to give the go-ahead to put what likely will be a controversial transportation sales tax referendum on the November 2014 ballot.

On April 28, around 12 a.m., officers responded to a call of a fight at the BP Gas Station located at 95 Hwy 17-92 West in Haines City.

Two Sarasota men were "violently robbed" earlier this week after traveling to Winter Haven to show an ATV they had for sale on Craigslist to a pair of men posing as potential buyers.