A 34-year-old Lakeland man followed a carload of females for about 40 minutes, exposing himself to them, Tampa police say. When police stopped Christopher Bucklew, he was naked from the waist down, according to an arrest report. Bucklew was arrested Saturday afternoon and charged with five counts of exposure. ...more

October 26, 2009

More than 100 farmworkers protested Sunday afternoon outside a Publix demanding the grocer pay higher prices for tomatoes to help increase the wages of pickers. ...more

October 26, 2009

Lakeland Christian at Indian Rocks for h.s. scores ...more

October 23, 2009

Kissimmee Osceola at Lakeland for h.s. scores ...more

October 23, 2009

The Plant City Senior 55 and older softball team will hold its first practice Nov. 13 at the Randy L. Larson Softball Four-Plex at Park Road and Albertsons Drive. ...more

October 21, 2009

After listening to two attorneys and about 30 citizens for four hours, the Highlands County commissioners again sided with the Venus community and said no to the National Security Training Center. ...more

October 21, 2009

Four days before a hearing about the roughly $18,000 he owed his ex-wife in child support, Robert Cecil Laird jumped to his death from the Sunshine Skyway bridge. ...more

October 13, 2009

A raccoon, a possum and a feral cat were trapped overnight in separate cages in the Lakeland neighborhood where a 74-year-old woman was attacked by a pack of raccoons. ...more

October 6, 2009

A 74-year-old woman is recovering from injuries she received after being attacked by five raccoons at her front door Saturday evening, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

October 4, 2009

LAKELAND (AP) — A Tampa couple and an Irish tourist were shot at a Lakeland gun range after a handgun accidentally fired. ...more

October 4, 2009