Hope Hallock of Lakeland High School won a $2,500 scholarship in the Kids Tax Art competition overseen by the Polk County Tax ...

LAKELAND, Fla. - What began as a trespassing call at a local Pizza Hut on Thursday evening quickly escalated, leading to the discovery of an outstanding warrant for a man wanted in another county for ...

The Marsh Rabbit Run trail at Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland had been closed since July because of alligator activity.

The feds celebrated Florida’s “historic agreement” with ICE and reimbursed the state with “historic funding” for ...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (WFLA) — A suspicious looking creature was found loitering near a subdivision in Winter Haven over the weekend, police said. Officer Braswell responded to the area of Fish Hawk ...

The magnificent historic courthouse with its gleaming silver dome stands as the town’s crown jewel, surrounded by brick-lined streets and buildings that have stories to tell rather than timeshares to ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — An alligator was spotted at a Publix in Eastwood on Sunday morning. The incident happened around 10:30 ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — An alligator was spotted at a Publix in Avalon Park, Florida, on Sunday morning. The incident happened ...

Detainees arriving at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades are given color-coded uniforms and ...

Read full article: Polk County man indicted for murder after fatal cocaine sale, sheriff says Sheriff Grady Judd holds a news conference on the arrest of Angel Gonzalez-Morales. POLK COUNTY, Fla. – ...

A local teacher started an online petition urging Polk County Public Schools to address student violence. The petition makes five demands, including a public plan to address misbehavior and the ...

FROSTPROOF, Fla. (WFLA) — A man is dead after a drowning that occurred in Polk County on Sunday afternoon. In a video posted to social media, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd provided details on the ...