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

POLK COUNTY, Florida (WUFT) -- Their shoes slipping through yellow sand, Nancy Bissett and Steve Riefler followed an unpublished graduate thesis like a treasure map. They snuck through a jumble of ...

which operated in Polk and Highlands counties. Spohr has no disciplinary history over the past decade, according to The Florida Bar’s website. She is not listed among judges facing discipline ...

Jhonnys Robles Pereira, 37, is facing numerous charges, including battery on a law enforcement officer, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said in a news release. An ICE hold has been placed on him ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Walking up the historical stairs at the Polk County Historical Museum is the curator of exhibitions, Bartholomew Delcamp. While that might be his official title with the ...

Polk County, Florida Sheriff Grady Judd said deputies shot and killed a man who charged deputies with garden shears and tried to grab a gun from a patrol vehicle, all after he was attacked by an ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Municipalities across the county are holding elections on Tuesday. Residents will cast ballots in a number of races including city council and commission seats to mayoral ...

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 ...