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

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.

Hillsborough County Commissioner Pat Kemp is a Democrat running to represent Florida’s 15th U.S. Congressional District. She ...

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 ...

Early voting for the Nov. 5 General Election begins in Polk County on Monday and continues through Nov. 3, according to a ...

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 ...

One hundred sixty people were arrested by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office earlier this month in a sting operation cracking ...