A pair of teenagers from outside of Florida have been arrested for allegedly “swatting” a victim in Polk County, according to ...

After hours of searching, the Polk County Sheriff's Office late Tuesday night identified three of the four people who died in the crash as Faith Irene Baker, 24, of Winter Haven; Zachary Jean Mace ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. \- In a crime caper that could only happen in Florida, 33-year-old Felipe Jesus Gutierres of Winter Haven found himself in a bit of a pickle (pun intended!) on the evening of ...

Winter Haven beach volleyball, pictured here, advanced to the FHSAA state final four for the first time in school history, competing in state on May 9-10, 2025, at Florida State.

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Winter Haven Blue Devils (13) Serenity Hardy goes upm for the shot over Dr. Phillips Panthers (00) Elise Horne during the FHSAA 7A Girls State semifinal game at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland Fl.

These seven historic photos from the State Archives of Florida show what the first Publix supermarket in Winter Have looked like. It opened in Winter Haven in1940, a few years after the Publix ...

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Postcard showing the first Publix supermarket in Winter Haven (Florida State Archives (Public Domain)). The supermarket was the first in the state to offer air conditioning, and it also featured ...

Legoland Florida Resort has announced it will lay off more than 200 employees in the coming weeks. The bulk of those affected are entertainers at the Winter Haven theme park. According to a notice ...

When Tony Robinson came to Polk County in 2020, he expected to spend only two months in the heart of Central Florida. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has kept him here two years. And in those two ...

Winter Haven, Fla. — Two small planes collided in midair over a central Florida lake Tuesday afternoon, killing the four people in them, authorities said. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said ...