POLK COUNTY ... but about 35 miles apart on opposite ends of the county. The first crash occurred in the Frostproof area, on Alturas Babson Park Cutoff Road near U.S. 27. Emergency crews were ...

The drought between three-day weekends is over. Year in and year out, the three-and-a-half months between Presidents’ Day and ...

Located between the major Florida cities of Orlando and Tampa, this quiet retreat is a haven for pristine swamplands, outdoor ...

A woman was attacked and killed by an alligator while kayaking on a lake in central Florida on Tuesday ... Kissimmee at Lake Kissimmee State Park, Polk County Sheriff's Office officials said.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) released new information about a person who was killed in an alligator attack at Lake Kissimmee State Park. FWC and the Polk County ...

The event, scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on May 25 at the Omni Grove Park ... Polk County. Alan Tate Beverly-Hanks Realtors Division I Male Academic Award: Trent Clark, North Buncombe; Michael Ferguson, ...

(WFLA) — A woman in a canoe died Tuesday after being attacked by an alligator at Lake Kissimmee State Park, authorities said. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office was called to assist the Florida ...

On Monday, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) opened an extra lane on I-4 in each direction from World Drive in Osceola County to U.S. 27 in Polk County Recommended Videos The lanes ...

(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) Read full article: WATCH LIVE at 10 a.m.: Polk County sheriff ... not medicate,” said Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson. “You should not be medicated ...

A 61-year-old Davenport woman was killed Tuesday while canoeing with her husband at Lake Kissimmee State Park. According to ... She was later spotted by a Polk County Sheriff's Office helicopter ...

After that, she showed him her house, which was an old blue bus in a trailer park in Plant City ... where he helps McDaris and others around Florida.