Family members say 6-year-old Major Smith died from a gunshot wound to the head after finding an unsecured, loaded gun in a ...

Polk County is becoming more popular as a place to move because of competitive home prices opportunity and slower pace of life ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Additional lanes are in the works for a portion of Interstate 4 in Polk County. According to the Florida ...

One of the oldest citrus producers in the state is shutting down. It comes as another blow to the already struggling industry ...

While wading through wetlands in the headwaters of the Everglades, where tall, serrated grasses shelter alligators and water ...

In 2024 a record, 80% of animals in county shelters were released alive, making Polk County much closer to reaching its goal of becoming a no-kill county this year.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Tampa Bay palliative care doctor is facing federal child porn production charges. Dr. Stephen Leedy was pulled over and arrested on Dec. 19 by Holly Springs police officers in ...

Pointing to Florida’s decades-long fight with deadly citrus greening disease and damage from hurricanes, a major grower ...

Police have confirmed the identity of the body found floating in Lake Clinch to be 26-year-old Daniel Angeles-Dimas, who had ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd was sworn in for his sixth consecutive term on Tuesday morning in Lakeland. Residents have reelected Judd for more than a decade as he's held the title ...

A Hardee County corrections officer was arrested in Polk County for DUI and property damage after hitting a sign.

Morgan Ortagus, an Auburndale native and a graduate of Florida Southern College, served in the Bush, Obama and first Trump ...