As Tropical Storm Helene, the eighth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, makes its way towards Florida, here ...

The City of Bartow launched a revamped website, CityofBartow.net, on September 23rd, aimed at improving communication and ...

By Carl Fish The recent investigation into the Polk County Fire Rescue Department has raised questions and concerns about the entire Polk County BOCC management. Management directly related to the ...

Those elected Nov. 5 will be sworn in on Jan. 2025, when the Legislature convenes. Oregon Senate District 9   ...

School districts in the Big Bend and South Georgia are monitoring the weather ahead of a potential hurricane. Check our ...

TALLAHASSEE - Gov. Ron DeSantis has expanded a declared state of emergency to 61 of the state's 67 counties as Tropical Storm ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for 41 of Florida's 67 counties as Tropical Cyclone Nine ...

If you ever tire of the monotonous flatness of peninsular Florida, just drive through Polk County. The landscape there is dotted by massive mountains of phosphate waste, the result of companies mining ...

Former City Commissioner Danny Krueger delivered 2,500 copies of “Patriot’s Handbook of American Liberty” to the Lake Wales ...

Polk City approved a plan that could pave the way for a large development with single-family homes, apartments and commercial ...

Amid a spate of school shooting threats less than a month into a new school year, Florida school districts are reminding ...

With students at Central Florida public schools now about a month into their classes, a fair shake of primary and secondary ...