A sentencing hearing for a Hardee County woman found guilty of leaving a child unattended in a vehicle for more than 15 minutes is scheduled for Thursday.

Lake Wales Mayor Hilligoss captured 61% of the vote to defeat challenger Curtis Gibson Jr., who received 39%. Hilligoss ...

Mary Catherine Green and her late father, Oliver L. Green, Jr., served more than 50 years combined as judges in Polk County.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd confirmed the arrest of one of his own deputies who was on the job for ...

A special ceremony took place in Florida for a Texas teen battling brain cancer who is on a mission to<a ...

Rep. Darren Soto called for Pete Hegseth’s firing. Rep. Daniel Webster expressed support for National Security Adviser Mike Waltz.

More than a thousand Polk County residents and religious leaders came together to urge officials to restore care for seniors.

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — A child disappeared while swimming in a lake on Thursday, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

Polk County law enforcement is searching for a teenager who went missing while swimming in Lake Roy in Winter Haven.

Deputies said that the 12-year-old was swimming at Lake Roy in Winter Haven, but he at some point “disappeared in the water.” ...

Polk County’s Commissioners voted Wednesday morning to grant a solid waste franchise to a company that has proposed building the facility at the former Rickreall Dairy. The county commissioners ...