Floridians who live in manufactured home parks are often older, retired people on fixed incomes who bought property with hopes it would be their “forever home.” Now, lot rents are pricing them out.

An extreme heat warning and a heat advisory were issued by the National Weather Service for portions of Central Florida and ...

Youth For Christ of Polk County (YFC) is honored to be the recipient of the 70th Automated External Defibrillator (AED) placed in the community by Culpepper’s Cardiac Foundation (CCF). This ...

A Florida mom will spend decades behind bars for torturing her 6-year-old son who drowned to death while being forced to take ...

Luke Scarborough faces multiple charges after an alarming display of firearms A Florida man is facing serious charges after allegedly brandishing firearms and discharging a handgun multiple times in a ...

Polk County Public Schools received word July 25 that the Trump Administration is releasing the funds for Title I, II, III ...

Polk County residents are feeling the full force of a Central Florida heat wave this week, with heat index values soaring to dangerous levels. In some parts of the county, the index has reportedly ...

A man who was previously taken into custody on charges related to trafficking fentanyl and other drugs was charged with ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said in his morning briefing on Monday a Port St. Lucie truck driver was arrested July 7 after a road rage incident involving an off-duty deputy sheriff and former ...

The US Department of Education (DOE) said it will release billions in remaining withheld grant money for schools.

Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland and Polk State College are both in the process of preparing required reports for ...

The Florida Department of Governmental Efficiency has hit Polk County and its 17 municipalities, with a demand to provide ...