Of particular concern to the county is truck traffic at an Amazon facility on Deen Still Road. Trucks frequently line up out ...

Infrared maps created with data collected by aircraft ... 5:45 p.m. Two of the three wildfires making their way north from Polk County have grown due to high winds and dry conditions, officials ...

Dr. Keiva Lark, 53, is now on administrative leave and faces charges of lewd/lascivious conduct and lewd offense against a ...

Tariff impact predictions include market drop, recession, which reminds columnist of 2000s downturn. Home building not most ...

We hope that you were able to get into the water and cool down this weekend as high temperatures were back in the upper eighties and lower nineties, nearing records today and yesterday. We'll see ...

The future redevelopment of the Walesbilt Hotel and the ongoing Lake Wales Connected effort would be placed at serious risk if the Florida Legislature adopts a pair of bills currently being considered ...

Polk County's average drought index reading surpassed 500 on Tuesday, indicating an elevated chance of wildfires.

Construction of “congestion relief lanes” on Interstate 4 in Polk County has finished eight months ahead of schedule, Florida ...

Officials enacted the ban on Tuesday (April 15) after the county's drought scale, the Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI), ...

Unincorporated areas of Polk County, along with other cities within the county, are now under a burn ban as dry conditions create an increased risk of brush fires.

THREE OF THEM ARE IN POLK COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA ... to ask questions and discuss plans with emergency officials and view maps of the fire area. For those unable to attend, the meeting will ...