Two people have been transported to the hospital after fireworks went off on a barge at Boone Lake Marina in Piney Flats, ...

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 ...

Nineteen Polk County public schools will have new principals for the 2025-2026 school year. Five principal reassignments are a result of retirements. Three high schools, one K-8 school, one ...

Students at 19 public schools in Polk County will return in August to find new principals. That is actually fewer than in 2024, when 20 schools received newly assigned leaders.

Florida's State Health Department is warning the public about potentially toxic algae in Polk County. Trump’s cabinet turns on tariff architect Musk Is Back at Tesla. The Damage Has Been Done. I ...

The plane crashed in the Cherokee National Forest in Polk County, Tennessee, on April 11, killing the father and grandparents of MTSU golfer Carter Maneth.

You should always check with the county and call the shelter itself before heading to any of the listed locations. Even if a location is listed, it is not guaranteed to be open for every storm.

A property in El-Do Lake, 134 Poplar Lane, continues to be a nuisance with its piles of scrap metal, garbage and junk lying on the ground and piling up inside an aboveground pool. “The person living ...

– The Tennessee Army National Guard provided two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from Knoxville’s 1-230th Assault Helicopter Battalion today to support a wildfire response in Polk County, at the ...