Timothy Coon was Polk County's first Black judge, a retired Air Force Reserve officer, an avid golfer, a married man of 48 ...

The program helps homeowners pay for elevating homes or applying other changes to mitigate risk, even in some cases ...

Karina Sloan, a longtime Lakeland resident, said many Venezuelans in Polk County are "panicking" over President Trump's ...

Florida supervisors of elections are offering offering $1,200 scholarships to college students, according to Polk Supervisor ...

A Florida sheriff says federal immigration authorities need to remove the "shackles" from local law enforcement agencies so they can assist in deporting criminal illegal migrants.

The reprimand before the Florida Supreme Court came as Judge John Flynn has faced motions to disqualify himself from some ...

A Florida driver fast asleep beside a store’s gas pumps turned violent when awakened and bit a deputy’s K-9 partner on the ...

Now, a Polk County jury has found the 17-year-old not guilty. According to a probable cause affidavit filed in Lincoln County ...

United Way of Central Florida has partnered with the IRS to offer several free tax prep sites across Polk County.

Eight dogs and three pigs were seized from a house in Frostproof, living in filth without food or water.Polk County ...

A jury has reached a verdict in the trial of Collin Griffith, a 17-year-old boy accused of stabbing his mother to death a ...