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

Polk County deputies are searching for a suspected shooter accused of firing a gun on I-4, striking a truck and grazing its ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office says a driver was shot by another motorist on Interstate 4 between Polk City and Auburndale Wednesday afternoon.

Melanie E. Davis is accused of breaking into a man's Florida home and attacking him with a garden hoe after he canceled their ...

Freezing temperatures and hazardous wind chills are expected in the Panhandle and North Florida Thursday night. What kind of ...

Dundee, Davenport, Haines City, Lake Alfred, Lake Hamilton, Lake Wales and Mulberry will hold elections. Here are the candidates for each seat.

There are 17 Florida counties with an average drought index over 500, which means there is drought and an increased risk of fire danger: As of Feb. 14, Polk County officially measured 450-499 on ...

A portrait of former President James K. Polk hangs in the Maury County Archives, which dates back to the 1840s and was ...

With over 800 miles of coastline, there are a lot of places to have a relaxing beach day in Florida, and it appears there’s ...

Friday is kicking off with cool temperatures and clear skies, with the wind making the day feel even chillier.

Today's weather will feature below-normal temperatures and increasing sunshine that will make way for winter weather later ...

Center for Biological Diversity, an environmentalist group, claims the use of phosphogypsum in the road would increase levels ...