OUT IN POLK COUNTY. A MISSING CHILD HAS BEEN RECOVERED IN POLK COUNTY. LAKE OUT THERE. INVESTIGATORS SAY A 12 YEAR OLD WAS OUT SWIMMING WITH FAMILY BEFORE HE GOT PULLED UNDER THE WATER.

The director of the cooperative said getting the $10 million grant reduces the member cities' costs, which "reduces the amount the taxpayers will have to pay." ...

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Dr. Joy Jackson, the director of the Florida Department of Health in Polk County, will retire Thursday, and her interim replacement will be the current administrator of the DOH in Lake County ...

The continuing resolution passed in March did not include $12 million sought by Rep. Scott Franklin, D-Lakeland, for Polk ...

Bonnet Springs Park has been named USA Today’s Best City Park of 2025. This is a national recognition that happened due to ...

The former 5R Ranch was bought by Richland Communities last year for $50 million. So far, no plans have been submitted.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd wants to speed up the removal of undocumented immigrants in Florida. The sheriff is ... The deepest US lake is closing to tourists for at least 3 years A New Bar ...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — After a multi-agency search, deputies recovered the body of a child who disappeared while swimming during a family boat day on a Polk County lake. It happened Thursday ...

A Florida middle school principal said he “did something dumb” after he was arrested at Walmart for trying a shoplifting tactic he claims his friends told him would work. Bok Academy North ...

The student told police that the vice principal had referred to him as “Sexy Chocolate” while passing him in the hallway.

Winter Haven Police Department and Polk County Fire Rescue were searching Thursday afternoon for a juvenile in Lake Roy who was swimming and disappeared in the water. Shortly before 5 p.m., the ...