Once considered one of Florida's top courses, it's fallen into disrepair. Now the owner wants to put 1,100 more homes in the ...

A Polk County resident and member of the deaf community ... He recently passed the state test without an interpreter, as mandated by Florida regulations. And he is challenging what some might ...

Hard but fair' conversations coming as Lee County attempts to balance its budget, and considers its largest spender: LCSO.

The fatal attack occurred in Lake Kissimmee on Tuesday, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

The Garretts fear their way of life is in jeopardy, as their 300-acre agricultural homestead lies along two proposed routes ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A business burglary in Babson Park, Polk County, has landed a 40-year-old man with a criminal history spanning Ohio and Kentucky in a Florida jail. Matthew S. Young was arrested by ...

Manatee County's ban is in effect until 11:59 p.m. on April 29. Citrus, Hernando, Polk and Pasco counties also are under a burn restriction from the Florida Forest Service. Hillsborough and ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Investigative Reporter Katie LaGrone is continuing to dig into Florida's controversial new school bus camera program and learned one major school district just suspended the ...

Three areas in Florida are considered to be under extreme drought conditions. Maps show where fires are burning, risks to your home. Almost 100 wildfires are burning across Florida, affecting ...

Taylor Freeman, a community health project coordinator at the Florida Department of Health, discussed some of Polk County's biggest health care needs at a "State of the County" forum on April 24, 2025 ...

Life expectancy in Polk County is more than two years shorter than the statewide average — 76.2 years, compared with 78.6 for Florida as a whole. That gap is one of the key things the Florida ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — The Florida Department of Transportation is providing a new opportunity for wildlife to cross I-4 in hopes of giving species a chance to expand. I-4 is bustling as people ...