GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Two homes are damaged in a Gainesville neighborhood after an oak tree fell due to this week’s ...

The Center for Biological Diversity is legally challenging the EPA's decision to allow phosphogypsum in the construction ...

The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida has filed a lawsuit over the construction of a detention facility on their ...

Overall Polk County students improved in two-thirds of the categories, but fell in others. See how your school did.

Residents and county officials are at odds over plans to accommodate growth by widening Thompson Nursery Road and adding bike lanes.

Rapid growth in Florida's Heartland weighs heavily on aging infrastructure. Paving new roads harms already imperiled ecosystems. Can smart planning keep native plants growing when the population ...

FLORIDA — Polk County on Friday issued a burn ban, joining most of the rest of Central Florida. The ban includes campfires, bonfires, yard and trash fires, construction debris, unpermitted ...

There will be some traffic impacts in Polk County as helicopter work continues to install equipment along a new Duke Energy transmission line.

Polk County Deputy Administrator Sarah Boese has filed a lawsuit against three elected supervisors, alleging sexual harassment, retaliation and a hostile work environment.

Local business owner Johnny Carter is taking extra precautions to prevent fires near his restaurant, including fire safety measures during outdoor cooking.

Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise revealed two revised corridors for the Central Polk Parkway East moving farther north of Lake Wales, but still bisecting family farms.

Of particular concern to the county is truck traffic at an Amazon facility on Deen Still Road. Trucks frequently line up out onto the road, blocking traffic.