A cold front is moving through Florida April 11, as drought conditions prompt the NWS to issue red flag warnings for seven counties. Here's Polk's forecast.

The historic building that is home to the Polk County tax collector office will operate with limited company due to building renovations.

The number of wildfires burning in Florida is climbing again. After a brief downward trend earlier in the week, the numbers have been climbing. Friday morning, April 4, there were 49 fires, up from 44 ...

There were 49 fires burning in Florida ... Miami-Dade County. Burned 26,719 acres. 100% contained. Wiggins Fire: Collier County. Burned 250 acres. 50% contained. Red Horse Fire: Polk County.

According to a map from the Florida Forest Service ... A 12-acre fire in Polk County that was zero percent contained. The NWS issued a red flag warning for large parts of central and southern ...

The warnings, issued by the National Weather Service (NWS), are in effect from midday to early evening, with the agency cautioning residents that "critically low humidity with gusty winds will result ...

Lakeland, Polk County, Florida (one protest in Spanish and English): No toquen ... in St. Petersburg (registration encouraged ...

Polk County ... in Polk County are still lagging. “Our first-year entry-level salaries are not competitive with the surrounding districts at this point,” Heid said. “This would allow us to help offset ...

Construction of “congestion relief lanes” on Interstate 4 in Polk County has finished eight months ahead of schedule, Florida ...