Hilary Holley's won a term that only lasts until November. But it's consequential, as the Legislature is expected to meet in several special sessions.

Stricter watering hours, no more warnings and restaurants can only serve water upon request. Those are some of the ...

Westbound lanes of State Road 60 at Logistics Parkway between Bartow and Lake Wales are shut down because of an overturned dump truck. The Florida Department of Transportation said in a news release ...

Scott Stricklin hired his third Florida women's basketball coach Monday in Rhode Island coach Tammi Reiss in her first SEC coaching job.

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The driver of a semi-truck died in a single-vehicle crash March 23 in Lake Alfred, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office reported.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office said a Mercedes turned left from U.S. 17 onto Avenue O, passing into the path of the ...

The cautionary boil-water notice comes after repairs were made to a damaged potable water main in the Crews Lake Road area.

A 37-year-old Haines City man was killed in a two-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle along Polk City Road on March 21.

Seven months after expressing anger over ICE attempts to recruit Polk deputies, Sheriff Grady Judd courts agents going without pay during a shutdown.

John Oliver, host of the satirical news show "Last Week Tonight," aimed barbs at Grady Judd during an episode critical of law enforcement stings.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office said the driver missed a stop sign and the vehicle rolled over into a water-filled area.