As of Feb. 14, there are 17 Florida counties with a drought index over 500, which indicates drought and increased fire danger ...

The national fabric and craft store announced it is closing 500 of its 800 stores. There are two in Polk County. Here's where ...

Members of Polk's transportation planning board seemed to want to speed up the process for the eastern toll road, but also to ...

PASCO COUNTY, Fla. - A prescribed burn conducted by the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) in Polk County ...

Construction has begun on the Accelerated Start Project which will build two new congestion relief lanes. The lanes will start at U.S. 27 and provide connections to World Drive and 417.

Drivers will start seeing heavy equipment and an increased number of crews along I-4 east of U.S. 27, the Florida Department ...

The program helps homeowners pay for elevating homes or applying other changes to mitigate risk, even in some cases ...

A recent Florida undercover operation led to a massive human trafficking bust, where 29 people were arrested for prostitution ...

Brady McCarron, spokesperson for the U.S. Marshals Service, confirmed Thursday morning Myles Strickland, 35, of Polk County, was wanted on two warrants for grand theft, one warrant for burglary, one ...

Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In 2016, a 12-year-old named Taylor Cadle reported to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office ...

Collin Griffith will not spend time in prison after deputies accused him of murdering his mother a year after he shot his ...

A Polk County jury is deliberating the fate of a 17-year-old boy who is accused of stabbing his mother to death. BARTOW, Fla.