Winter Haven News

Legoland Florida has refurbished and reopened the water park built adjacent the former Cypress Gardens.

Memorial Day weekend is the first real road trip holiday of the year, and it's time to embrace it and get out.

Get ready to get dirty this weekend at this year's Dirty Dozen and Half Dozen Mud Run set for Saturday at the Sebring International Raceway.

PHOTO BY JEFF ROSLOW Andrew Tedder sings a love song he said he wrote to Jon Eckman's wife Friday night during the Prism Concert 2012 at the Bartow Civic Center.

Residents living in close proximity to a BP convenience station on Scenic Highway near Dr.

A police officer on patrol said he caught two men attempting to steal water heaters Tuesday afternoon from the shed of a small Lake Wales apartment building.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office reported as of Monday morning that 12-year-old Tyler Morr of Arcadia remained in critical condition at All Children's Hospital in St.

Central Florida's newest theme park, located in Winter Haven in Polk County,A will attempt to break the record for the largest number of beach balls simultaneously thrown in the air on Thursday.

John W. Lindsey, Jr., a Republican from Winter Haven, Florida, is running for the District 41 seat in the Florida House of Representatives this election cycle.A Due to his commitment to civil liberties and limited government, he has earned the Liberty Takeover 2012 endorsement for the office.

Since the beginning of the year, the Polk County Sheriff's Office has arrested 24 men for lewd acts in public parks.

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. -- Polk County Sheriff's Office detectives have arrested 41-year-old Javier Gonzales with kidnapping and sexual battery after they say he allegedly took three children from a home he was visiting.

LAKE WALES, Fla. - Polk County detectives say a 41-year-old man forced a 10-year-old boy into oral sex, after telling the boy his 7-year-old brothers would be killed if he didn't comply.

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - First she won her class, then back in March, she won in Polk County.A Now Kriyana Reddy is headed to DC.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office reported as of Monday morning that 12-year-old Tyler Morr of Arcadia remained in critical condition at All Children's Hospital in St.

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. -- Two of the missing puppies stolen from a Winter Haven home during a break-in have been found alive.

All About Aging, LLC, has hired Stacie Cleveland to be a new Geriatic Case Manager in Polk and Highlands County.

A 12-year-old Arcadia boy remained in critical condition this morning after crashing his race car during a youth event at the Auburndale Speedway on Saturday night.

A current Winter Haven High School student and a former student have been arrested, accused of making a false report of a school shooting that led law enforcement to scramble Friday, Winter Haven police said.

The University of South Florida in Lakeland's Blue Sky business incubator program will present a seminar on Crowdfunding and the JOBS Act May 22 at Blue Sky West, 116 S. Kentucky Ave., Lakeland, from 3-4 p.m. A second session will be offered June 6 at Blue Sky East, 199 Ave.

Whether its a dog or a cat, or any other creature, there's a feeling of unconditional love.