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 ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Polk County is set to receive $30 million dollars, over the next 18 years to fight what city leaders are calling an opioid crisis in the county. The National Institute of Health said ...

Planned Parenthood is closing its Lakeland clinic after more than 50 years in Polk County. The closure is attributed to a 2025 federal law that blocked Planned Parenthood from accepting Medicaid. The ...

The two black swans and their eggs were found in the Miami area after being stolen from a mobile home park in Lakeland. They were stolen from the Highland Village Mobile Home Park on Wednesday night.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A three-judge federal appellate panel unanimously upheld Florida's 2022 congressional redistricting maps, and in particular, Congressional District 5, which spans over 200 miles ...

CENTRAL FLORIDA — Flooding, downed trees and debris resulting from Hurricane Milton are making some roads in Central Florida unpassable. In general, officials urge residents to stay off roads, so ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has released a draft of Harris County’s new flood maps after a nearly four-year delay. The draft will now be reviewed by floodplain administrators and elected ...