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

The dog owner “became irate” and refused to leave the vehicle, officials said. The argument led to the driver and woman ...

Frostproof Mayor Jon Albert, who won a six-person Republican primary election, faces John Hill of Poinciana, the only ...

The death of a Charlotte County man after a golf cart battery exploded in storm surge waters is the 25th reported from Hurricane Milton.

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Madeline Furnas could see the heavy rain unleashed by Hurricane Milton from her hospital window, but she knew she had to ...

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Testing confirmed the presence of the potentially harmful bacteria that were “too numerous to count,” according to Bartow ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - The Polk County Sheriff's Office concluded a successful undercover operation targeting human trafficking despite having to end early due to the approach of Hurricane Milton. Over ...

That rainfall caused levels to rise in not only Lake Bonny but also bodies of water downstream, including Lake Hancock and ...

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

Lakeland city commissioners on Monday assured angry residents who live around in Lake Bonny that they are working with county ...