A day after historic rain flooded nearby Plant City and flood-weary portions of Polk County saw waters rise, more is on the way. Here's what to expect.

Polk County Property Appraiser Neil Combee raised concerns about the financial impact of Florida's Live Local Act on property tax revenues.

What time is liftoff? ULA's Atlas V should be visible outside of Florida pending weather. Did your city, state make the rocket launch visibility map?

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 ...

Part of the Alligator Alley Trail at Circle B Bar Reserve is closed on Monday due to active gator nesting sites.

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

POLK COUNTY, Florida (WUFT) — Their shoes slipping through yellow sand, Nancy Bissett and Steve Riefler followed an unpublished graduate thesis like a treasure map.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

More than 250 people were arrested — including a former NFL linebacker — earlier this month in a multiagency undercover operation to combat human trafficking, the Polk County Sheriff’s ...