Lake Hamilton News

LAKE HAMILTON Town officials are locked in an $8,300 dispute with its workers' compensation insurance company over sick pay for Chief of Police Edward Freeman.

Published: Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 8:10 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 8:28 p.m. LAKE HAMILTON Lake Hamilton will join most other communities in Polk County in switching to automated ...

Published: Monday, August 18, 2008 at 7:24 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, August 18, 2008 at 4:19 p.m. LAKE HAMILTON A Poinciana woman is dead and two others injured following a bizarre attack Sunday night on Lake ...

Casey Weldon Till, 26, stabbed members of a family and repeatedly ran over the grandmother with a car on Sunday, killing the woman and seriously injuring at least two others.

Till got into the couple's car and repeatedly rammed the vehicle ahead. LAKE HAMILTON, Fla.- A Florida man was arrested after allegedly going on a violent rampage after a minor fender-bender, slashing and ...

Polk County Sheriff office Detectives Aaron Campbell,left, and Matthew Newbold,right, escort Casey Weldon Till to a patrol car for transport to County Jail Monday afternoon at the Bartow Airbase.

Published: Monday, August 18, 2008 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 3:10 a.m. LAKE HAMILTON What started as a perfect day at the beach ended in a bizarre and deadly tragedy Sunday night ...

A Haines City man terrorized a Poinciana family Sunday, stabbing two victims in the neck and using their car to chase the rest of the family, officials said.

Polk County Sheriff's detectives say a man is under arrest following a murder late Sunday night in Haines City.

Published: Friday, August 15, 2008 at 4:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, August 15, 2008 at 9:09 a.m. The Polk County Sheriff's Office is looking for a suspect who was named Wednesday in a multiagency ...

A bleak budget has prompted the Dundee Town Council to again visit an issue that split the town last year.

Published: Thursday, August 7, 2008 at 3:40 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, August 7, 2008 at 3:40 p.m. Around Polk County 1Around Lakeland, limits of panfish at Tenoroc in lakes Derby, Horseshoe and Picnic on ...

Despite submitting his resignation, Lake Hamilton's public works director has decided to stay on the job after the town offered him a $1-per-hour increase in his salary.

Published: Monday, July 28, 2008 at 4:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, July 28, 2008 at 8:25 a.m. HAINES CITY ARREST REPORTS July 9 Danny Lewis Boykins, 44, of 333 Garberia Drive, Haines City, was arrested on a ...

The Sunshine Foundation Dream Village reports that its new Development Council, which consists of local business people, helped out recently during the Dream Village's 26th Annual Progeria Reunion Picnic.

There were many events in East Polk County to celebrate the Fourth of July on Friday.

Law enforcement officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission were busy last month at Lake Marion and Lake Hamilton in Polk County.

Published: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 1:51 a.m. LAKE HAMILTON Children and adults lined Bruce Martin Ball Field and gazed spellbound at the sky over Lake ...

Published: Friday, June 27, 2008 at 7:40 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 27, 2008 at 7:49 a.m. DUNDEE - Almost 23 acres of sparsely developed land east of U.S. Highway 27 one day may become a "village center." ...

As Polk County continues to grow, residents will be able to voice their opinion on how that happens.