Polk County News

Published: Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 11:38 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 11:40 a.m. FROSTPROOF A 22-year-old Avon Park woman was killed Friday when a wild hog ran in front of her vehicle and she lost control and crashed, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said.

Published: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 2:55 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 3:03 p.m. A 55-year-old Lakeland man was stabbed numerous times by a 14-year-old boy who broke into the man's home early Wednesday, officials said.

Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 10:32 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 10:32 p.m. BARTOW A 14-year-old Lakeland youth accused of stabbing a man 30 times will remain in custody at the Polk Juvenile Detention Center until he returns to court next month, a Circuit Court judge ruled Thursday.

A 14-year-old with a lengthy criminal record will appear in court today on charges of attempted murder.

Lakeland man has been sentenced to 10 years and seven months in prison for posing as a police officer and raping a woman.

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: 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.

Published: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 2:48 a.m. LAKELAND An 18-year-old Lakeland man's death has been ruled a suicide, according to the Polk County Medical Examiner's Office.

Three people were hurt today in a two-car collision in Polk County, deputies said.

A woman whose vehicle crossed into oncoming traffic caused an accident that sent a Polk County Deputy to the hospital this morning, possibly with a broken leg.

Two people died in two different car accidents in Polk County overnight. The first accident happened around 3:00 a.m. on Deen Still Road just west of Lucky World Drive.

Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 12:18 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 7:07 a.m. LAKELAND Undercover officers caught playing a Nintendo Wii bowling game during a home search earlier this year continue to get strikes, only these are ones they don't want - the kind that leave black marks in their personnel files.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal overnight wreck on Dundee Road near Winter Haven.

BARTOW - 28-year-old Jodi Kathleen Oates of Davenport is a mother of three who has a lot to live for.

Published: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 11:42 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 11:42 p.m. An 18-year-old woman who was shot in the chest Nov.

Published: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 3:38 a.m. A grand occasion will launch the third annual Polk County Family Week.

The central Florida cops caught indulging in Wii video games while they were supposed to be searching a house for drugs will have to pay a little penance.

Richard Thomas, 36, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single federal count of possessing anabolic steroids with intent to sell, according to court documents.

Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 11:26 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 11:27 a.m. BARTOW Polk County Planning Commissioners voted Tuesday to approve two future office complexes along County Road 540A in the Lakeland Highlands.

A Polk County man is arrested for felony reckless driving after an accident that took the legs of a garbage truck worker.