Hope Florida: Odd, unexplained payments raise more questions | Special Report One $10,000 donation was spent to take two kids on a “once in a lifetime” fishing trip to the Florida Keys ...

A joint Swiftwater Rescue training event over the weekend turned into a real-life rescue mission when three kayakers became ...

The Florida Department of Governmental Efficiency has hit Polk County and its 17 municipalities, with a demand to provide ...

Polk County's Extreme Temperature Plan will be in effect starting at 8 a.m. Monday morning.. Highs will be in the 90s and heat indices are expected to hit triple-digits. Due to the heat, many Polk ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed nearly $600 million from the state budget, impacting some Polk County projects. Haines City's emergency operations center, fire facility, and municipal annex ...

Nearly 50 protests are planned across Florida July 17, in response to what organizers call "civil and human attacks" by the ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCJB) - Florida’s Division of Emergency Management is preparing for the future with a massive expansion of ...

Municipalities across the county are holding elections on Tuesday.

USA Today Network-Florida named 16 top Old Florida restaurants, and one of Polk County's oldest made the list. Governors and a vice president have eaten there.

Two suspects, ages 14 and 15, have been arrested and are facing multiple felony charges, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Getty Images/iStockphoto A 12-year-old Fortnite ...