Rapid growth in Florida's Heartland weighs heavily on aging infrastructure. Paving new roads harms already imperiled ...

A PERSON IS DEAD FOLLOWING AN RV FIRE OUT IN POLK COUNTY. THIS IS THE AFTERMATH OF FLAMES OVER ON CUMBY ROAD OUT IN LAKELAND ... PCFR said.The Florida State Fire Marshal's Office and the Polk ...

The City of Lakeland is taking significant steps to improve student safety by advancing an ordinance to install speed cameras ...

The National Weather Service in Jacksonville is warning that, based on current forecasts, records could be set or tied as ...

Dave Schmitt, an engineer and authorized agent for the owners, requested approval of a future land use map amendment ... In 2021, the Florida company FLLWCC bought the property for $700,000, according ...

A house fire in Lakeland, Florida, is under investigation by authorities ... was extinguished around 4:15 a.m. The Polk County Sheriff's Office and state fire marshals are investigating a fire ...

A tropical wave in the central Atlantic and another in the Caribbean are moving west as we approach the start of hurricane season.

Frederick Blackwelder, 71, spends most of his time in south Lakeland, where he and other family members live, according to Lakeland Police.

LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — A man armed with garden shears was fatally shot by deputies in Polk County, Florida, on Monday, minutes after surviving an apparent alligator attack. Polk County Sheriff ...

A pending Florida ... within Polk County voted in favor of SB 180, which lobbyists in Tallahassee pushed for on behalf of at least one single-family home builder in Polk County. Lakeland-based ...