Polk County Commissioners have passed a resolution establishing vessel exclusion zones for designated swim areas in certain ...

Polk County commissioners approved no-boating zones in newly designated swimming areas in three lakes over safety concerns.

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

Read full article: Boy’s body found at bottom of lake after Polk County boat trip goes awry Deputies ... stores Joann Fabrics will close almost all of its Central Florida stores as it grapples ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd reports deputies shot Timothy Shultz, who attacked them with shears after an alligator ...

Polk County's sheriff said the man had been acting bizarrely at a gas station, then swam through an alligator-laden lake into ...

The proposal would leave existing homes in Lake Wales Country Club and Oakwood in unincorporated Polk County. In 2020 ... boats in the parking lot. All of the light fixtures are down in the ...

Wilson is the Miami Herald’s Miami-Dade County Girls’ Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Mater Lakes senior Sydney Wilson sets up a ...

FLORIDA — Polk County on Friday issued ... 500 for seven consecutive days. Seminole County on Tuesday announced its burn ban, prohibiting all outdoor burning that has not been permitted by ...

In a move to improve safety on local lakes, the Polk County Board of County Commissioners approved an ordinance repealing and ...

Polk County residents advocated for a 10-foot multi ... 4 and 5 this year. Segment 2, from Lake Gwyn to east of the CSX tracks. Segment 4, from Eloise Loop Road to West Lake Ruby Drive.