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 ...

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

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 ...

People waited 4.5 hours to get sandbags in Polk County ahead of Hurricane Milton. “I felt like I was in a theme park where ...

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

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 ...

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

Polk County's major power companies made headway again bringing power back to tens of thousands of county residents left in the dark by Hurricane Milton. Lakeland Electric had 12,300 customers ...

A familiar face to the Polk County Sheriff's Office was arrested Wednesday evening, October 16th, on multiple fraud charges.