POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Polk County Fire Rescue crews responded to more than 30 brush fires throughout Polk County on Sunday. The largest fire burned more than 400 acres near State Road 60 in the River ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office announced the arrests of 51 people as part of an alleged drug-trafficking operation blamed for four overdoses and three deaths. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier ...

Polk County Commissioners have limited general public comments to 15 speakers per meeting. The change follows prolonged public criticism regarding conditions at the county's animal services facility.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – Polk County Sheriff’s Office has announced the conclusion of two major anti-drug initiatives, Operation Bloodline and Operation Flatline, which effectively dismantled a ...

Hernando County officals have have lifted a county-wide burn ban for all unincorporated areas of Hernando County. "Hernando County has seen adequate precipitation accumulations resulting in a ...

Polk County Fire Rescue (PCFR) crews responded to a large scrapyard fire off Main Street in Lakeland Saturday night (Feb 14). Crews were at the scene of a medical call shortly after 6 p.m. when their ...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (WFLA) — On Friday, law enforcement officials from across Florida announced the results of a major drug trafficking investigation that covered six counties and ended in 51 arrests.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — On February 15, 2026, a teacher at Bartow High School was arrested after intentionally setting a backyard fire that escalated and burned around five acres. Brian Webster is charged ...

TAMPA, Fla. — All Tampa Bay-area counties remain under some sort of burn ban following multiple brush fires across the region over the weekend. Officials say the recent trend of brush fires is in part ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced the dismantling of two massive drug trafficking syndicates on Friday morning during a press conference in Winter ...

As Americans continue to rethink where they live, a new report sheds light on the United States ZIP codes seeing the biggest influx of new residents. A study by MovingPlace has ranked communities ...

This story was updated because an earlier version included inaccuracies. People who live in Urbandale's ZIP code 50323 have a breast cancer rate more than two times higher than Iowans who live in Fort ...