Seventy percent of the damage was in the northwestern quadrant of Polk County, he said. Of the properties assessed for damage ...

Three suspects were charged with traveling to sexually batter juveniles, and four possible human-trafficking victims were ...

Duke Energy and TECO still have a small number of outages in Polk County. Lakeland Electric had 5,907 remaining Monday ...

Polk public schools will remain closed Monday and Tuesday. Duke Energy says all its Polk electric customers should be ...

The free event in Winter Haven will provide information on micro schools, a new concept in Polk County that combines ...

Polk County’s Emergency Management Director Paul Womble held a news conference on Saturday laying out the recovery efforts ...

In addition to postponed football games having to be rescheduled, the county meets and volleyball district tournaments have ...

A tornado warning was issued for Lakeland as a storm with a possible tornado was spotted south of Medulla heading north.

More than 150 people, including a Disney employee and 25 illegal immigrants have been arrested in an undercover human ...

One person died in Polk County as Hurricane Milton moved through the region, Sheriff Grady Judd confirmed Thursday morning.

All-County secondary MyShawn McKinley and Jozia Scott each scored touchdowns, with Mckinley scoring an 80-yard kickoff return ...

Polk County officials will discuss the county’s Hurricane Milton recovery efforts in a news conference Saturday. Polk County ...