People all across Florida, including many in Polk County got a feel of a 6.1-magnitude quake in the ocean near Cuba.

Invasive spectacled caimans are spreading in Florida's Everglades. Researchers need your help to track the species.

Twanna Dewdney was a rebellious teen, once arrested for fighting. Now she's a business owner, minister and passionate ...

Dean Boring, a former Lakeland commissioner and businessman, died at the age of 77. He was the owner and president of Boring Business Systems, a 102-year-old family technology firm. Boring served for ...

As rooftops flourish, Polk County will gain a second Publix grocery store in the month of June. This time in Davenport. In a ...

Nearly 20 public schools in Polk County will have new principals in the fall. The moves result from retirements, internal ...

The motorcyclist lost control after the bike made contact with the rear of a trailer of a stopped semi-truck, the Polk ...

For all the years he spent in law and on Florida's Supreme Court, Fred Lewis' biggest impact might have been in the classroom ...

Former Florida Chief Justice R. Fred Lewis, a professor at Florida Southern College since 2019, died May 26 at age 78.

A 77-year-old Winter Haven woman died in a two-vehicle crash June 2 near Winter Haven, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office ...

Polk County has digitized a book of historic cattle brands from the 1860s to the 1940s, preserving local ranching history.

A Winter Haven woman was arrested after a 6-year-old boy in her care shot himself the evening of June 5, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. The incident took place at a home on Bishop James ...