Davenport News

Encouraged by the success of expanded outreach programs serving Auburndale, Haines City and Davenport, Winter Haven-based Meals on Wheels soon will provide meals on a daily basis to homebound people in Lakeland ...

British tourists and investors have become targets of yet another wave of crimes: vacation-home burglaries.

Published: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 11:10 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 11:10 p.m. BARTOW A Davenport couple is accused of swindling tourists who wanted to rent vacation homes in ...

Published: Monday, November 10, 2008 at 7:10 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 10, 2008 at 7:10 p.m. A Taste of Lake Alfred is being hosted this Saturday by the First United Methodist Church of Lake Alfred ...

Some Fort Meade volunteer firefighters are in an uproar after hearing rumors Thursday evening that a city commissioner went to Polk County Fire Chief David Cash to discuss contracting with the county for fire ...

Max the Maltese was back home in Florida on Sunday, sleeping soundly in owner Richard Gonzalez's lap after being missing for nearly six months and turning up bedraggled in Chicago, 1,000 miles from where he ...

Polk County Sheriff's Office detectives are asking the public's help in the search for a 54-year-old Davenport man who hasn't been seen by his family since Monday afternoon.

School is one of 50 with a chance to get their videos on PBS 'NewsHour.' Published: Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 3, 2008 at 4:20 p.m. Ridge Community Senior High ...

Published: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 5:20 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 5:20 p.m. DAVENPORT The City Council member whose seat will disappear if voters approve changes to the City Charter ...

Josh Santos will miss being able to vote in this election by one day, but he will be at the polls.

Central Florida authorities have arrested 14 men and seized thousands of pictures and movies in a monthlong child pornography sting.

From a Disney employee to an unemployed grandfather, 14 men in Polk County are charged with numerous counts of possessing child pornography.

HAINES CITY For years local children have shown off their favorite Halloween costumes at the Haines City Fall Festival.

A Davenport, Fla., woman said she is seeking to have her dreadlocks, which she has been growing for 20 years, verified by Guinness World Records.

Published: Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 7:18 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 7:52 a.m. An accident has occurred in the eastbound lane of Interstate 4 near mile marker 56 in Davenport, the ...

A 71-year-old woman died Thursday when she turned her car into the path of another vehicle on U.S. 27 in Polk County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Published: Monday, October 20, 2008 at 9:50 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, October 20, 2008 at 9:50 p.m. BARTOW About 3,200 Polk residents cast ballots Monday as early voting began at six locations in Polk County, ...

A middle school teacher and two Winter Haven residents were among 13 men arrested in an undercover operation that targeted people looking for sex through the Web site Craigslist.com. Polk County Sheriff's ...

Haines City police have arrested two Polk men in two separate, yet similar cases of check fraud, police reports said.

Maintenance projects at two East Polk County schools will be among about $1 million worth of projects discussed by the Polk County School Board during its meeting today.