Winter Haven Police Department and Polk County Fire Rescue were searching Thursday afternoon for a juvenile in Lake Roy who was swimming and disappeared in the water. Shortly before 5 p.m., the ...

Level 3, Level 2 and Level 1 evacuation orders are in place on Thursday due to the Rowena Fire. Interstate 84 is back open, ...

I-84 reopened after being closed between Hood River and The Dalles due to the fire. Highway 30 remains closed in both ...

Theses are emergency contact numbers for Polk County, its municipalities, plus electric companies and aid services.

Redtown Ranch Holding LLC has applied for a groundwater production permit application seeking to drill 21 high-capacity wells ...

Their shoes slipping through yellow sand, Nancy Bissett and Steve Riefler followed an unpublished graduate thesis like a treasure map. They snuck ... slope at the edge of the Lake Marion Creek ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — As hundreds of boaters descend on lakes across Polk County for Memorial Day, soon they will have restrictions. Being able to live on a peaceful and pristine lake has always ...

Polk County Fire Rescue will open its 45th station ... Stations planned for Eagle Lake, Caloosa Lake and Bradley Junction are still in the design phase. "With that said, we are always looking ...