TAMPA, Fla. — Seasonal fertilizer bans around the Bay area are set to begin Thursday, June 1, including those in Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas and Polk counties.

Hidden away in Eagle Lake, Florida sits a wooden structure that doesn’t scream for attention—but the aromas wafting from it ...

Just two years later, the Trump administration has returned it to its previous designation, but it’s named after a different Polk, General James H. Polk, a World War II veteran and Silver Star ...

The e-commerce behemoth has reshaped Polk County’s industrial and labor markets in the 11 years since its first Florida ...

It’s no surprise that Florida is a strange place. But some places in the Sunshine State are stranger than others.

Blackburn’s BBQ is exactly that kind of place – a genuine Florida treasure hiding in plain sight. So the next time you find ...

A rare animal was found dead in an unexpected location on a Florida highway outside the endangered species’ normal habitat. A male Florida panther, estimated to be 2 to 3 years old, was killed by a ...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Winter Haven Police Department and Polk County Fire Rescue were searching Thursday afternoon for a juvenile in Lake Roy who was swimming ...

Property Appraiser Neil Combee has warned that the county will lose tax revenue with no commitment from developers "to reduce ...

Polk County's population — estimated last year around 850,000 — is expected to top 900,000 in the next five years and one million in the next 15, according to medium-growth modeling by the University ...

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.

Polk County Commissioners have passed a resolution establishing vessel exclusion zones for designated swim areas in certain areas of three lakes.