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

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

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 ...

(Courtesy of Valerie Anderson) Their shoes slipping through yellow sand, Nancy Bissett and Steve Riefler followed an unpublished graduate thesis like a treasure map.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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office said deputies responded to a home on Pirates Way in Lakeland around 1:30pm on Monday. When deputies got to the Secret Cove neighborhood, PCSO said they found a ...

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