A program that helps families repair and strengthen their homes after disaster strikes, has just launched in Polk County.

Every family will receive a free hurricane preparedness bag. The bags include a Polk County shelter map, a hurricane checklist, a flashlight, first aid kits provided by Orlando Health, and much more.

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

A newly released report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission detailed the events of an alligator attack during a Texas couple’s kayaking trip in Polk County.

When the Orlando Sentinel started investigating the payments, the DeSantis administration sent a threatening, unsigned ...

The call to Skip Simmons, CEO of a mentorship program in Volusia County, came from out of the blue. One evening in December of 2022, he said, someone from the governor’s office phoned and told him to ...

Michael Presley Bobbitt, a playwright, novelist, clam farmer, and official Clambassador of Cedar Key, discusses his latest novel, 'Forever, Cedar Key.' ...

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

A neighbor took a photo which shows Hurricane Helene's floodwater more than half way up the outside of Commissioner Eddie McGeehan's home in Madeira Beach (Photo provided by Chris Denmon).

A Polk County SWAT team shot and injured a man who fired his gun at his wife and a sheriff’s deputy Monday.

Sarasota Assistant County Administrator Mark Cunningham resigned on Wednesday, becoming the highest-ranking official to step ...

County-by-county road closures in Central Florida after Hurricane Milton BY Spectrum News Staff Florida UPDATED 12:29 PM ET Oct. 15, 2024 ...