Rankings:7 Polk County teams in playoff position ... with Winter Haven the No. 1 seed, the 5A-7 with Lake Wales as the No. 1 ...

Lakeland Electric makes steady progress restoring power. A body is found in floodwaters. And when will Polk County schools ...

Polk County schools are open Monday, but will shut down Tuesday for three days. Sandbag locations are opening across the ...

When Polk County bought the property, the main purpose was for water treatment and slowing the flow into the Peace River. “It ...

Lakeland Electric power restorations slowed overnight as the utility gets to the more difficult batch. Duke Energy seemed to ...

A rescue team from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office carried Mar Avila ... whose vehicles sent wakes splashing as they drove ...

Residents of Oakmont Lane near Seward Lake, southeast of Lakeland, said the water has continued rising nearly a week since Hurricane Milton.

Residents of the Lakeland Livin’ Mobile Home Park were under a voluntary evacuation order on Tuesday as the water in Lake ...

SOUTH LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) – Jarrod Smith looked out at his now-lakefront property. His home is surrounded by water. His pool and barn are nearly submerged. Flood waters have taken over Smith ...

The Tryon Daily Bulletin contacted each of the candidates running for the Polk County Board of Commissioners and posed the ...

Milton entered Polk County near the southwest corner, passed south of Mulberry and Bartow then hit Lake Wales as a Category ... outage by visiting our Outage Map. https://lakelandelectric.com ...

As Central Floridians begin the cleanup process following Hurricane Milton, officials are releasing plans for the proper disposal of yard waste and construction debris.