The state still faces a deficit of up to $700 million this fiscal year - and $5 billion next year - despite last month's budget-cutting session, the Senate's top budget chief said Monday. ...more

February 10, 2009

The state still faces a deficit of up to $700 million this fiscal year - and $5 billion next year _ despite last month's budget-cutting session, the Senate's top budget chief said today. On top of that, said JD Alexander, head of the Senate's Ways and Means committee, property taxes are expected to yield $1 billion less than the state needs just to maintain the status quo for K-12 public school funding. ...more

February 9, 2009

Polk County deputies are investigating a hit-and-run crash today involving a motorcycle. ...more

February 9, 2009

A squad of armed men prepared to invade a Winter Haven drug house, but they instead were greeted by investigators, Polk County detectives say. ...more

February 5, 2009

A squad of armed men prepared to invade a Winter Haven drug house, but they instead were greeted by investigators, Polk County detectives say. ...more

February 5, 2009

A former physician who helped create a business that illegally sold $85 million worth of pain medicine over the Internet was sentenced today to four years and three months in federal prison. ...more

January 29, 2009

A Poinciana man's business manufactured and distributed obscene material that might contain images of girls as young as 14, Polk County deputies say. ...more

January 28, 2009

The pain from state budget cuts was apparent Wednesday morning as Highlands County's three state legislators spent nearly three hours listening to requests from local officials and social service agencies at the annual legislative delegation meeting in the county commission chambers. ...more

January 22, 2009

Publix Super Markets will hit a milestone in February when it opens its 1,000th store. ...more

January 21, 2009

Publix Super Markets will hit a major milestone next month by opening its 1,000th store. ...more

January 20, 2009