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At least two of the superstars scheduled to appear Saturday know Lakeland well, or at least The Lakeland Armory.

An early Saturday morning crash claimed the life of a Lakeland man. At around 2:13 a.m. Saturday, the Polk County Sheriff's Communications Center received a 911 call regarding a crash involving a single vehicle on Galloway Road, north of Hawks Ridge Drive in Lakeland. First responders discovered Colby Holtz, 27 of Lakeland, deceased on the scene. A front-seat passenger, Dylan Still, 27 of Lakeland, was located still in the car. Still was taken to Lakeland Regional Health Center with a cut to his forehead and was listed in stable condition. The preliminary report states that Holtz was driving...

A former Ohio police officer was arrested Tuesday after Haines City police said he made threats online about committing violent acts in the nation's capital. Shannon Badgett, 53, of Haines City is in the Polk County Jail on a charge of communicating a written threat to conduct a mass shooting or terrorism after making posts on his Facebook account, Haines City police said. Police said Badgett was disgruntled about the recent election and lashed out in a series of posts that caught the eye of authorities. In one post Badgett wrote "Well, unless President Trump calls for martial law, guess I'll...

Two Polk County men are in jail on charges that they desecrated graves and stole remains of veterans from a Mount Dora graveyard.

A Winter Haven man was arrested Tuesday after the Polk County Sheriff's Office said he sexually battered another man at a motel at knifepoint and stole his belongings. Thomas Lee Simmons, 37, of Winter Haven was charged with one count each of armed sexual battery, armed robbery, grand theft, dealing in stolen property and giving false information to a law enforcement officer, according to a PCSO news release on Wednesday. The victim told deputies he had been talking with a man through a dating website and arranged to meet him at the Stay Plus Inn in Haines City. The victim, who was already ...