Ana Maria Ruiz Perea of Winter Haven High became the first Polk County student elected as governor at the annual Girls State ...

One person was shot and killed at an apartment complex in Winter Haven. The shooting happened at the Abbey Lane Apartments ...

An 18-year-old Winter Haven man has been charged with multiple felonies, including second-degree murder, after police say he ...

The Winter Haven Police Department is investigating a shooting that killed one person Monday. Officers are on the scene at ...

A second person was arrested in connection to a shooting that left an 18-year-old dead at the Abbey Lane Apartments, the ...

Gertrude Williams was born in Quincy in 1915, during the presidency of Woodrow Wilson, and spent most of her life in Lakeland.

WINTER HAVEN — Otis Birdsong was a consensus college All-American at the University of Houston and an NBA All-Star during his 12-year pro career, and Houston retired his No. 10 jersey.

An 18-year-old man was arrested after an attempted armed robbery left a 17-year-old dead, the Winter Haven Police Department ...

One man is dead and another was hospitalized with serious injuries after a head-on collision on SR-60 in Winter Haven on Saturday, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

A 17-year-old who Winter Haven police say shot and killed an 18-year-old who was trying to rob him now faces criminal charges, marking the second arrest connected to the case.

At *** news conference this morning in Winter Haven, the governor was joined by Polk County Sheriff JD Grady Judd, Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey, and Attorney General Ashley Moody. Uh ...