A state-run emergency shelter remains open for Polk County residents, even as locally run shelters have ceased operations.

Looking for scary haunts, trick-or-treating events or fall festivals for the rest of October in Polk County? Start here.

During a five-day-long undercover human trafficking operation in Florida, authorities arrested 157 suspects, some from ...

Many rivers in the Tampa Bay region have been severely impacted by flooding from Hurricane Milton. The only flood records higher than what we are experiencing now were in the ...

One man was charged with human trafficking while three other men, including a Disney employee, were arrested for attempting ...

Florida Rep. Josie Tomkow, R-Polk City, must defeat Democrat Octavio Hernandez of Davenport to earn a fourth term in the ...

Out of the 157 people who were arrested, the sheriff explained, 25 were in the US illegally from countries like Cuba, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Venezuela.

It applies to Collier, Glades, Highlands, Indian River, Manatee, Orange, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota and St. Lucie ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday issued an order allowing voting-related changes in counties hammered by Hurricane Milton, the second time in less than a month flexibility has been given to ...

During a five-day-long undercover human trafficking operation, which began on October 2, 2024, the Polk County Sheriff’s ...

Chances for development of a tropical depression have dropped, but Florida can expect windy days and rough surf.

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