The Central Polk Parkway East would pass through land that contains the endangered blushing scrub mint plant, advocates say.

Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise, a unit of FDOT, resumed the project last May, launching an alternative corridor study for the 28-mile eastern segment known as Central Polk Parkway East.

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

For that reason, the Florida Native Plant Society has concerns about proposed routes close to the wildlife area for the state’s Central Polk Parkway East project, a planned toll road that will ...

The Bissett family asked Turnpike Enterprise officials to move the highway route to the west, away from the property that ...

Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise, a unit of FDOT, resumed the project last May, launching an alternative corridor study for the 28-mile eastern segment known as Central Polk Parkway East.

(Polk County Sheriff's Office) BY Spectrum News Staff Polk County UPDATED 11:09 AM ET Sep. 23, 2024 PUBLISHED 8:44 AM ET Sep. 23, 2024 PUBLISHED 8:44 AM EDT Sep. 23, 2024 ...

A large data center campus could be coming to Florida. The News Chief reports that the Fort Meade city commission voted 5-0 ...

Florida is staring down a higher-than-normal chance of both above-average temperatures and above-average rainfall through ...

For maximum wind gusts, we are forecasting 60-80 mph along the coast, 50-70 mph for Tampa Bay.Inland 40-50 mph and 30-45 mph further inland over Polk County. Tornadoes are possible Thursday ...

What to know. Polk County sheriff's deputies responded to a call about a man with an apparent alligator bite on his arm who had climbed out of a lake in Lakeland and began acting erratically.