Polk County, and much of Central Florida, could see severe weather the afternoon of March 16, followed by wind chills in the ...

The Florida-ported Star Princess, which debuted five months ago, was on a one-week trip when the illness was reported, ...

More than 150 passengers and crew members on a Princess cruise ship fell ill last week due to an outbreak of norovirus, the ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office said the vehicle, seized at a residence in Lake Wales, bears signs of a strike with a pedestrian.

After a small child was killed by a hit-and-run driver this week, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced that the suspect has finally been caught.

The suspected driver accused of hitting two young children outside a church Wednesday evening, killing an 8-year-old boy and ...

One child is dead and another is in the hospital after a hit-and-run crash in Winter Haven, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office ...

Capt. Cody Khork, 35, of Lakeland was one of four American soldiers killed in a drone attack in Kuwait. Khork's former commander in the ROTC program Florida Southern College recalled him as a ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis has promoted Polk County Judge Rachelle Williamson of Winter Haven to serve on the Circuit Court for the 10th Judicial Circuit. Williamson earned a bachelor’s degree from Florida ...