"Florida has the only area of extreme drought east of the Plains," with more than 40% of the state under drought conditions, ...

Brooksville, Fla. — Chinsegut Hill in Hernando County holds the key to more than a century of women’s history. “The more you understand Chinsegut, the more you understand Hernando County ...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Winter Haven Police Department and Polk County Fire Rescue were searching Thursday afternoon for a juvenile in Lake Roy who was swimming ...

Florida has plenty of historic structures scattered throughout the state — but when it comes to age, they've got nothing on ...

The city, now known as Dania Beach, is best known for its jai alai fronton, antique district, Canadian visitors, fishing pier ...

An elderly man was found and rescued on Sunday after wandering away from a Polk County nursing home, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). Unincorporated areas of ...

Mandatory evacuation orders remain in place as crews continue working to contain three wildfires in Polk County. Three fires in the western North Carolina county south of Asheville have burned more ...

A portion of I-80 in the eastern part of the Des Moines metro will close overnight Wednesday and Thursday for the removal of a bridge. The Iowa Department of ...

A reader writes that greedy corporations are buying up senior communities and increasing rents, trapping seniors.

A historic ocean liner will become the world’s largest artificial reef once it reaches its final resting place off Florida’s Gulf ... in the ’50s,” Okaloosa County coastal resource manager ...

For more than half a century, a Judge Green has presided in Polk County. That tradition will ... creation of the Tenth Judicial Circuit of Florida Historical Society and the website https ...

Editor’s Note: A video was removed from this article because it contained an incorrect mugshot provided by police. We regret the error. POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA ...