KATHLEEN — Linda Karppe says Rancho Bonito used to be a fitting name for the land adjacent to her property, as “Bonito” means “pretty” in Spanish. “It was beautiful back then,” Karppe said wistfully.

On an afternoon in May, Larry Thompson and his son, Daniel, were building a fence near the edge of their property. Their task was interrupted when someone fired a rifle in their direction. As stray ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some Polk county residents are fed up with wild late night parties, and criminal activity in their neighborhood. Stock market ...

County workers will be installing a fence along the boundary of the Rancho Bonito subdivision in the coming weeks. According to the The Ledger of Lakeland, county officials want to limit access and ...