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 ...

The increased fee only applies to volunteers whose activities involve contact with students out of sight of a district staff ...

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 ...

Drivers will start seeing heavy equipment and an increased number of crews along I-4 east of U.S. 27, the Florida Department ...

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.

A Polk County jury is deliberating the fate of a 17-year-old boy who is accused of stabbing his mother to death. BARTOW, Fla.