Residents and county officials are at odds over plans to accommodate growth by widening Thompson Nursery Road and adding bike ...

There's an extremely rare plant that, in all of Florida, only grows in Polk County, but it's being threatened by a proposed ...

Circle B Bar Reserve’s Alligator Alley trail reopened Wednesday after being closed due to significant damage sustained during ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla -- All Black History Month, we have been celebrating Black leaders in our communities. Today, we introduce you to Polk County Fire Rescue's new chief, Dr. Hezedean Smith.

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Winter Haven Police Department and Polk County Fire Rescue were searching Thursday afternoon for a juvenile in Lake Roy who was swimming ...

Arlington County has named its acting zoning administrator, Arlova Vonhm, permanent zoning administrator. Vonhm, who joined the county in 2012 as a principal planner, leads a team of 30 zoning staff.

A three-judge federal appellate panel unanimously upheld Florida's 2022 congressional redistricting maps, and in particular ... of Appeal came after a Leon County judge ruled that Florida ...

After more than an hour of emotional please from Johnson City residents, commissioners ultimately decided to pass the zoning changes allowing data centers.

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Progressive is the cheapest home insurance company in Florida, according to a Forbes Advisor analysis of policies with a dwelling ...

The business in Hardee County is a spot where you can spend the day searching and digging for a variety of different fossils — all of it the brainchild of one man, Thomas Hodge. “These are ...

Run away with the new issue of ‘Explore Florida & the Caribbean’ The award-winning travel magazine of the South Florida Sun Sentinel and the Orlando Sentinel is back with a new issue full of ...

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