City officials say the Peace River is approaching a level of 8 feet, which is where they say they become concerned. The City of Bartow is under a local state of emergency as they nervously watch ...

Atkinson, who lives in the Peace River Mobile Home Park off Highway 60, says he has been through storm-related floods before and is worried he may have to go through it again.

The Florida Cabinet voted in March to add Wilson Ranch, a 451-acre property surrounding the river's headwaters, to a list of parcels targeted for acquisition through a state conservation program.

The Peace River Wildlife Center is located at Ponce De Leon Park. It's open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, check out their website .

Dugas said she expects the mobile home park, about 200 yards east of the Peace River bridge at State Road 60, to flood in the next few days after Hurricane Milton.

Florida has closed on a $37.8 million deal that is part of an effort to keep more than 16,000 acres of ranch land in Southwest Florida from future development. Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state Cabinet ...

“My grandma’s the original caretaker, this park, so we’ve seen this 100 times at least,” Griffis said. He sees first hand what hurricanes and tropical storms do to the Peace River.