Morgan Ortagus, an Auburndale native and a graduate of Florida Southern College, served in the Bush, Obama and first Trump ...

The National Weather Service expected to issue a cold weather advisory for Polk County starting at 4 a.m. Tuesday, ...

U-Haul tracks one-way U-Haul trucks arriving in a state or city compared with trucks leaving. Here are the 2024 numbers.

In 2024 a record, 80% of animals in county shelters were released alive, making Polk County much closer to reaching its goal of becoming a no-kill county this year.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested Dylan Kennedy, 28, of Winter Haven, on charges of driving under the influence (DUI) ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd was sworn in for his sixth consecutive term on Tuesday morning in Lakeland. Residents have reelected Judd for more than a decade as he's held the title ...

SPCA Florida is a no-kill shelter and can turn away animals when it reaches staff and kennel capacity, unlike Polk County ...

Police have confirmed the identity of the body found floating in Lake Clinch to be 26-year-old Daniel Angeles-Dimas, who had been missing since Jan. 2.

An attempted carjacking quickly went wrong for an armed felon when the victim refused to cooperate, according to ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says the recent behavior of a Hardee County corrections officer was reckless and unacceptable ...

An estimated 10,000 arrived to see Carter at the Lakeland Civic Center on Oct. 31, 1980, just four days before the ...

The polar vortex approaching Florida Jan. 11-12 could bring temperatures in the teens to Northern Florida and 20s in Central Florida.