Posted by carl on May 3, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Auburndale, Florida – At approximately 2:40 am, on Thursday, May 2, 2013, 27-year-old Jack Edmund Darley Jr., DOB 08/12/1985, of 4th Street Polk City, was traveling southbound on Berkley Road approaching Gapway Road in a white, 1995 Chevrolet Blazer when for unknown reasons, Darley lost control and started to slide sideways while negotiating the curve. The Blazer struck the curb on the west side of the road sideways, then rolled and went airborne. The Blazer then struck a fence and a tree and came to rest in a drainage area on the west side of Berkley Road. Darley was ejected…
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Posted by carl on December 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Lake Wales, Florida – Wednesday morning turned out to be a deadly chaotic day in Lake Wales. IOne filled with uneasiness and sorrow. As reported earlier someone stood outside of a home in the Laurel Mobile Home Park in Lake Wales and fired what appears to be a 12 gauge shotgun blast through the window of a residence killing a man inside the home. The man killed was William Macauley. Mr. Macauley had apparently just returned home, he lived at the Deluxe Motel, from work and decided to visit his mother just a street over in the mobile home park….
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Posted by carl on November 13, 2012 · 2 Comments
Polk County, Florida – Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is advising residents that devices known as “skimmers” have recently been found in the Bartow, Mulberry, and Haines City areas. PCSO and the Bartow Police Department are currently investigating fraud complaints related to skimming devices that were placed on two Publix ATM’s (one in Bartow, one in Mulberry), and two Mid-Florida Credit Union ATM’s (one in Bartow, one in Haines City).
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Category A-dale, Babson Park, Bartow, Davenport, Frostproof, Ft. Meade, Haines City, Lake Alfred, Lake Wales, Lakeland, Mulberry, Polk City, Winter Haven · Tags
Posted by carl on October 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment
PCSO is working a crash involving a child and a vehicle which occurred shortly after 5:00 pm today near Woodview Drive and Country Trails Drive in Polk City. They are not actively looking for a driver, the child was transported to Tampa with serious injuries.. The crash remains under investigation at this hour with deputies continuing to conduct interviews at the scene.
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Posted by carl on August 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11PM UNTIL 9 AM EDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN FLORIDA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA CHARLOTTE LEE IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA DESOTO HARDEE HIGHLANDS HILLSBOROUGH MANATEE PINELLAS POLK SARASOTA Polk County Shelters Polk County does NOT plan to open shelters at this time. Polk County Schools Cancelled The threat of Tropical Storm weather in Polk County, which could include sustainable high winds and tornadoes, has prompted the Polk County School Board to cancel schools for Monday August 27 including all school activities and…
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Category A-dale, Babson Park, Bartow, Davenport, Frostproof, Ft. Meade, Haines City, Lake Alfred, Lake Wales, Lakeland, Polk City, Winter Haven · Tags
Posted by carl on July 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The DailyRidge.Com has just launched RidgeClassifieds.Com! ” We’re very pleased to offer free classified ads to the local community. We do have a premium price for auto’s, boats and realestate. We have noticed a huge demand for a platform that people can sell items online. The DailyRidge.Com is so unique of a concept in regards to news reporting that we should have tremendous exposure to sellers.” said Micheal Elsner webmaster for RidgeClassifieds.Com. After months of noticing people struggling to keep items “bumped” up and organized on facebook the management at DailyRidge.Com decided that a change needed to take place. So…
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Category A-dale, Avon Park, Babson Park, Bartow, Frostproof, Ft. Meade, Haines City, Lake Alfred, Lake Placid, Lake Wales, Lakeland, Polk City, Sebring, Winter Haven · Tags
Posted by carl on July 11, 2012 · 10 Comments
Original Story: Girl with “Pray For Death” Tattoo Found Dead Polk City, Florida – Twenty year old Laura Hunt had her whole life ahead of her and in a moment of apparent rage her ex-boyfriend Patrick E. Wilkey, 21, of Auburndale, is accused of ending it. The family of Laura Hunt had been searching for the young woman since Saturday July 8th after she didn’t return from a night out at a local club, Wally’s, with friends. On July 10th a body was found by a local land owner near Berkley Road and Walker Road. The body was of a…
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Category Headlines Now, Polk City · Tags Auburndale, Brutal Murder, DailyRidge.Com, Facebook, Florida, Laura Hunt, Online News, Patrick Wilkey, Polk City, Polk County News, Social Media, Strangled, twitter
