Polk County elects a new commissioner, a new property appraiser and the first woman to lead the Public Defender's Office for the 10th Judicial Circuit.

All of London, Brighton and parts of Cambridge have been issued an amber alert with forecasters fearing torrential rain and flooding.

As property taxes and homeowner insurance premiums continue rising, homeowners are struggling to keep up with their mortgage payments.

In 1932, John Frentz and his two sons, George and Russell, purchased a business and home and formed Frentz & Sons Hardware Co. Inc. in Royal Oak.

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Council members expressed concern about the cost of future capital improvement projects like the Midtown Beach seawall replacement.

Family of three appeared to be struck by lightning while under an umbrella on the beach. A 17-year-old girl was transported as a trauma alert to Tampa General Hospital.

A court has appointed liquidators to the group after it failed to provide its books and records for a promised audit and ran out of cash to pay its lawyers.

California's Madre Fire sparked in the late evening of July 3 but has since grown to the largest in the state this year by the Fourth.

The Madre fire surpassed 35,000 burned acres on Thursday, marking the biggest blaze in California this year.