LAKELAND, Fla. (CBS12) — A man was possibly bitten by an alligator after taking a swim in a gator-filled lake, threatened deputies with garden shears, and burglarized a patrol vehicle all before he ...

Lakeland staff have warned commissioners for years that there's not enough fields to support the city's youth sports teams, and the issue has hit a a boiling point. Roughly a dozen youth sports ...

LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) – Lakeland police on Friday identified the man whose body was found in an alligator’s mouth earlier this week. Lakeland Police Department Sergeant Gary Gross identified the man ...

A 42-year-old man was shot and killed by Florida deputies after surviving an apparent alligator attack, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A man appeared to have survived an ...