Fla. police search for missing man who won $31 million in the lottery in 2006

Fla. police searching for missing lottery winner

74-year-old mauled, bitten by pack of raccoons that she tried to shoo from her Florida porch

LAKELAND, Fla. — A 74-year-old who was “filleted” by raccoons when she tried to shoo them away from her central Florida home was hospitalized for more than two days, authorities said Monday.

Raccoon pack surrounds, mauls 74-year-old Florida woman who tried to chase them from her yard

LAKELAND, Fla. — Animal control officers hope to trap a pack of raccoons that mauled a 74-year-old Florida woman who tried to chase them from her yard.

1 dead, several injured when lightning strikes at Fourth of July gathering in central Fla.

LAKELAND, Fla. — A lightning strike at a Fourth of July gathering in central Florida killed one person and 18 others were taken to hospitals, officials said Saturday.

Florida police: Teen son who escaped father’s family shooting spree helps reconstruct events

LAKELAND, Fla. — A 13-year-old boy who watched his father kill his stepmother and two younger brothers before aiming the rifle at him is helping investigators reconstruct what happened in their Florida home.

Police: Teen son who escaped father’s family shooting spree helps reconstruct events

LAKELAND, Fla. — A 13-year-old boy who watched his father kill his stepmother and two younger brothers before aiming the rifle at him is helping investigators reconstruct what happened in their Florida home.

Cops say teen son escaped Fla. family slaying when dad tripped after shooting others; 4 dead

LAKELAND, Fla. — His father and stepmother had fought before, and 13-year-old Nathan Bellar had no reason to believe their latest exchange would turn violent.

Sheriff: 13-year-old son escapes as Fla. father kills wife, 2 sons, himself after family fight

LAKELAND, Fla. — A 13-year-old boy ran through a garage to escape his family’s slaughter at the hands of his father, who then took his own life on their front lawn, authorities said.

Sheriff: Fla. father kills wife, 2 sons, himself after family fight; 13-year-old son escapes

LAKELAND, Fla. — A 34-year-old man shot and killed his wife and two young sons and fired on another son before killing himself in the front yard of their home on Sunday night, authorities said.

Sheriff: Fla. father kills wife, 2 sons, himself in apparent domestic dispute; teen escapes

LAKELAND, Fla. — A father shot and killed his wife and two of his sons — one 5 months old and the other 7 years old — before killing himself in the front yard of their home on Sunday night, authorities said.

Fla. deputy resigns after his wife, mother-in-law take patrol car out for a joyride

LAKELAND, Fla. — A Polk County deputy has turned in his badge after his wife and mother-in-law took his patrol car out for a joyride. Officials said the 44-year-old deputy resigned Monday after serving 21 years with the sheriff’s office.