On Monday, July 21, 2025 the Lakeland Police began receiving multiple reports of a phone scam. Reportees had similar accounts of an unknown subject calling claiming to be a Sergeant with the Lakeland ...

Emergency responders from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Polk County Fire Rescue, and Haines City Fire Department were called to the scene of a fatal traffic crash early Tuesday morning at the ...

The PCSO Traffic Homicide Unit is investigating a single vehicle crash resulting in the death of the driver. The crash occurred at 4:56pm on July 21, 2025 on US 17 near Bill Bryan Road in Ft. Meade. A ...

Daily Ridge News Florida’s new CFO, Blaise Ingoglia, has charged into his role with full steam, deploying the Governor’s Department of Government Efficiency, also known as D.O.G.E., to demand ...