LAKELAND, Fla. - Polk County health officials are warning that toxic blue-green algae may be present in three lakes. The ...

Network-Florida named 16 top Old Florida restaurants, and one of Polk County's oldest made the list. Governors and a vice ...

Today, its last remaining wild population exists only where Bissett and Riefler found it: on a sandy slope at the edge of the Lake Marion Creek Wildlife Management Area in Polk County.

Florida deputies fatally shot Timothy Shultz after he charged them with garden shears and attempted to grab a gun, following an alligator attack in Polk County.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Timothy Schultz, 42, charged at his deputies holding a pair of garden shears after swimming across a lake where he was attacked by an alligator.

A man was possibly bitten by an alligator after taking swim in a gator-filled lake, threatened deputies with garden shears and burglarized a patrol vehicle.

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

Cynthia Diekema was killed in a Florida alligator attack during a canoe trip on Tiger Creek near Lake Kissimmee in Polk County, officials said.

Bonnet Springs Park has been named USA Today’s Best City Park of 2025. This is a national recognition that happened due to votes and community support, according to a press release.

Walter Clayton Jr. is being considered as the best college basketball player from Polk County, Florida. Other contenders include Otis Birdsong, Livingston Chatman, and Rashad Anderson, each with ...