In the Atlantic basin, the National Hurricane Center is watching three tropical waves, one in the Caribbean. Here's Polk ...

Theses are emergency contact numbers for Polk County, its municipalities, plus electric companies and aid services.

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

After more than a dozen Polk County students were struck and killed by a vehicle last school year, city commissioners voted unanimously to pass an ordinance to install speed cameras in school zones.

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

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

Polk County deputies killed an apparently drug ... The early morning incident in Lakeland began with a 6 a.m. report of a “bizarre” and “shaking” man at a Racetrac gas station on Highway ...

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 ...

LAKELAND, Fla. – A man with an extensive history of methamphetamine-related arrests was fatally shot by Polk County Sheriff’s deputies Monday in Lakeland after a chaotic series of events that Sheriff ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A man armed with a weapon was shot by a Polk County deputy in Lakeland, according to the sheriff’s office. According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, the shooting ...

Polk County Fire Rescue will open its 45th station, Moore Road Fire Station 25, in Lakeland on May 23. The $5.97 million station will house an engine company and a tanker truck, serving the area ...