Nearly 50 protests are planned across Florida July 17, in response to what organizers call "civil and human attacks" by the Trump administration.

In Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale, the iconic Greyhound bus station and movie theaters have vanished, replaced by high-rise ...

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

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 ...

Some people travel for beaches, others for theme parks, but true food enthusiasts know that sometimes the humble mashed potato is reason enough to put miles on the odometer – especially when they’re ...

There’s something magical about that moment when you’re standing in a sea of treasures, holding some peculiar trinket you never knew existed, yet suddenly can’t imagine living without. That’s the ...

Polk County students improved their passing rates in 24 of 36 tested categories on the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) exams. While showing improvement in numerous categories, Polk ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Walking up the historical stairs at the Polk County Historical Museum is the curator of exhibitions, Bartholomew Delcamp. While that might be his official title with the ...

Look up your county in our interactive table to see if or what agreements your local law-enforcement agencies have with ICE.

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POLK COUNTY, Florida (WUFT) — Their shoes slipping through yellow sand, Nancy Bissett and Steve Riefler followed an unpublished graduate thesis like a treasure map.

Timothy Schulz was shot and killed by deputies after an alligator attack and erratic behavior, which included charging at them with garden shears and attempting to grab a deputy's rifle.