POLK COUNTY, Fla. - Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced the arrest of five individuals, all identified as Venezuelan ...

Construction of “congestion relief lanes” on Interstate 4 in Polk County has finished eight months ahead of schedule, Florida ...

Polk County's average drought index reading surpassed 500 on Tuesday, indicating an elevated chance of wildfires.

Officials say five undocumented immigrants, believed to be members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, have been arrested in a string of liquor thefts and robberies in Florida.

A virtual public information meeting will be held April 21 at 6 p.m. An in-person open house will take place April 22 in ...

Several new wildfires in Florida have sent residents fleeing their homes and closed roadways to traffic. The Sunshine State ...

A cold front is moving through Florida April 11, as drought conditions prompt the NWS to issue red flag warnings for seven ...

A Florida middle school principal said he “did something dumb” after he was arrested at Walmart for trying a shoplifting ...

A man faces a list of charges after Polk County deputies say he violently threatened his partner, then set his camper on fire ...

Eden, who was named head coach in March 2023, is accused of using community service projects as a way to lure potential victims into a locker room where “there are no cameras,” investigators say.

The director of the cooperative said getting the $10 million grant reduces the member cities' costs, which "reduces the amount the taxpayers will have to pay." ...