As of Dec. 26, Polk County remained under a burn ban that started in November. What does that mean for New Year's fireworks?

Investigators say Kenney was watching an NFL game in the living room when an argument erupted between him and his wife.

From adult-only dinners and dance parties, to kid-friendly celebrations during the day, Polk County has no shortage of New ...

Because it is not warming up much by Tuesday night, Wednesday morning is going to be the coldest of the week, Flannery said. ...

Gov. DeSantis announced awards totaling more than $86 million to Dundee, Frostproof and the Peace River Watershed Project in ...

Essie Ward was found unresponsive in her cell at 9:30 a.m. on April 3. But an autopsy found that she had been dead for 18-24 ...

Polk County Sheriff’s deputies now ask everyone they encounter for place of birth, not only those arrested, as had been the ...

If you're a fan of the small-format specialty grocer in Polk County, the options are limited. Site plans indicate a possible ...

Polk County’s three Republican and one Democratic U.S. House member voted for the bill ordering the Justice Department to ...

A driver in central Florida was arrested after deputies recorded a BMW traveling at an extremely high rate of speed on a Polk ...

Paramedic John Parris, injured in a Polk County Fire Rescue ambulance crash, received applause as he left the hospital.

A man was killed in Lakeland, Florida, when his golf cart was struck by a car. He was ejected from the cart and pronounced ...