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Lake Hamilton Fights Insurance Co. Over Chief's Sick Pay
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.
Lake Hamilton to Switch to Automated Garbage Collection
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 ...
Detectives Investigating Homicide Near Haines City
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 Arrested for Road Rage Murder
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.
Minor fender-bender allegedly sends man on violent rampage
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 ...
26-year-old faces charges including first-degree murder
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.
Fender-Bender Turns Into Horrific Attack on Family
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 ...
Haines City man held in attacks on Poinciana family that killed 1, injured 2
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.
Man facing charges in triple stabbing in Haines City
Polk County Sheriff's detectives say a man is under arrest following a murder late Sunday night in Haines City.
'Operation Cast Cade' suspect still on the loose
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 ...
Dundee seeks new sheriff's proposal
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 ...
Lake Hamilton retains public works director
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.
Crime report for Monday, July 28
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 ...
New volunteer council helps Dream Village
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.
Dundee hosts first celebration, Thunder on the Ridge continues
There were many events in East Polk County to celebrate the Fourth of July on Friday.
FWC Law Enforcement Catches Giggers, Over the Limit Bluegill
Law enforcement officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission were busy last month at Lake Marion and Lake Hamilton in Polk County.
Town to 'Light Up the Sky' Friday
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 ...
'Village center' use discussed for 23 acres
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." ...
Thursday focus group offers opportunity for public input
As Polk County continues to grow, residents will be able to voice their opinion on how that happens.